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    "localId": "29148",
    "label": "Bow Fibula",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1878"
}

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    "id": "29148",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1878",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Bow Fibula",
    "description": "Bow fibula were used in pairs to fasten clothing on each shoulder of the wearer, usually a woman. This type of elegant silver fibula was popular with the Visigoths with its clean and simple lines. The three knobs (one missing) projecting off the head-plate would have held the springs of the pin, while the metal strips to which they are attached would have reinforced the thin silver.",
    "provenance": "Carlebach Gallery, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, March 10, 1959, by purchase.",
    "date": "5th-6th century (Early Medieval)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1878",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Gold, Silver & Jewelry",
        "fibulae"
    ],
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    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_57.1878_Top3Qtr_TR_C79.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 18,
            "height": 7.2,
            "depth": 2.4
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "7 1/16 x 2 13/16 x 15/16 in. (18 x 7.2 x 2.4 cm)"
}

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    "cul": "Visigothic",
    "RelatedObjects": 36848,
    "med": "silver",
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    ],
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        "JWL"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
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        "2513"
    ]
}

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