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{
    "localId": "2826",
    "label": "Neck Ring",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1599"
}

{
    "id": "2826",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1599",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Neck Ring",
    "description": "This Viking neck ring is made from three twisted silver wires and is fastened by an unusual conical knob and loop clasp. It was both jewelry and money to its owner. Large neck rings and smaller arms rings were buried in Viking hoards in Ireland, Scandinavia, and England, all important hubs of Viking sea trade. This neck ring was found buried with a plain arm ring (present location unknown), in Fenit, County Kerry, Ireland in 1880.",
    "provenance": "[Found in Fenit, County Kerry, Ireland, 1880]; Robert Day, Cork [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Robert Day of Cork Sale, Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, London, May 19-22, 1913, no. 452; Permain [dealer], 1913, by purchase; William Randolph Hearst, by purchase; William Hearst Collection Sale, New York, February 10, 1941, lot 999, no. 166; Trustees of the Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, February 10, 1941, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1941, by gift.",
    "date": "late 9th-10th century (Medieval)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1599",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Gold, Silver & Jewelry",
        "armlets",
        "neck rings"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_57.1599_Fnt_DD_T07.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_57.1599_Fnt_DD_T07.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 12,
            "height": 11.8,
            "depth": 1.9
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "4 11/16 x 4 5/8 x 3/4 in. (12 x 11.8 x 1.9 cm)"
}

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    "cul": "Viking",
    "med": "silver",
    "creator_ids": [
        "2934"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "MED",
        "JWL"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "2054",
        "358",
        "2513",
        "2704"
    ]
}

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    "seq": 1,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS1_57.1599_Fnt_DD_T07.jpg",
    "mediaId": "be1a0c58f439cd42"
}