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    "localId": "27403",
    "label": "Sistrum",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.2848"
}

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    "id": "27403",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.2848",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Sistrum",
    "description": "This object is closely associated with the priesthood in the Ethiopian Christian church. The sistrum is a musical instrument with moving metal disks like a tambourine, it was shaken by priests during religious celebrations.",
    "provenance": "Mr. Daniel M. Friedenberg, New York; Walters Art Museum, April 1993, by gift.",
    "date": "ca. 1900 (Modern)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.2848",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "sistra",
        "musical instruments"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS4_54.2848_SideC_DD_AT21_27653-lpr.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS4_54.2848_SideC_DD_AT21_27653-lpr.jpg",
    "imageCount": 2,
    "pageCount": 2,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 23,
            "height": 8.4,
            "depth": 4.8
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 9 1/16 × 3 5/16 × 1 7/8 in. (23 × 8.4 × 4.8 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Christian Highland Ethiopia",
    "med": "copper alloy, wood",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6264"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "ETH"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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