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    "localId": "38161",
    "label": "Pin with Granulation",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.473"
}

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    "id": "38161",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.473",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Pin with Granulation",
    "description": "Pins were an integral part of the Etruscan wardrobe. Sculpture and vase painting indicate that pins were worn on the shoulders alone or in pairs to fasten a cloak. This delicate pin's globe is decorated with granulation, a technique in which tiny balls of gold are fused to the metal surface to create a decorative pattern.",
    "provenance": "Joseph Brummer, New York [Yugoslavian treasure]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, Joseph Brummer, Paris and New York, [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [as part of the so-called \"\"Jugoslavian Treasure\"\"]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1927, by purchase;  Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "7th century BCE",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.473",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "pins (jewelry)"
    ],
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    "imageCount": 2,
    "pageCount": 2,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 2 9/16 in. (6.5 cm)"
}

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    "med": "gold",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6291"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "ROM",
        "JWL"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "1954",
        "2227",
        "2513"
    ]
}

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