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    "localId": "33870",
    "label": "Vulture",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1427"
}

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    "id": "33870",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1427",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Vulture",
    "description": "A cast silver pendant in the shape of a vulture representing the goddess Mut or Nekhbet. Eyes and beak are indicated by incision. The lines marking the lower feathers are carelessly incised. The surface has deteriorated. The suspension loop on the shoulders has broken off.",
    "provenance": "Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [said to be from the pyramids in Egypt]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1909, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "664-332 BCE (Late Period)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1427",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Gold, Silver & Jewelry",
        "amulets",
        "pendants",
        "amulet-pendants"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_57.1427_Fnt_DD_T12.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_57.1427_Fnt_DD_T12.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_57.1427_Fnt_DD_T12.jpg",
    "imageCount": 5,
    "pageCount": 5,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 2.2,
            "height": 1.6,
            "depth": 0.7
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 7/8 x W: 5/8 x D: 1/4 in. (2.2 x 1.6 x 0.7 cm); H on mount: 1 1/16 x 13/16 x 1/2 in. (2.7 x 2 x 1.2 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Egyptian",
    "dynasty": "26th-30th Dynasty",
    "med": "silver",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6182"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "EGY",
        "JWL"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "2513",
        "3240"
    ]
}

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    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS1_57.1427_Lft_DD_T12.jpg",
    "mediaId": "7761a417b0828836"
}