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    "localId": "79341",
    "label": "Tsuka with Masks",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1187.3B"
}

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    "id": "79341",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1187.3B",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Tsuka with Masks",
    "description": "Three masks, probably for use in comic plays (\"kyôgen\"), are shown on this tsuka. The kashira is a long-nosed \"tengu\" demon mask. The menuki are masks for sake-loving \"shôjô\". Behind each mask is a sake ladle. This is part of a mounted set.",
    "provenance": "William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "19th century (Edo-Meiji)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1187.3B",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "tsuka",
        "kashira",
        "menuki",
        "sword components",
        "handles"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.1187.3B_Fnt_DD_JP09.jpg",
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    "imageCount": 2,
    "pageCount": 2,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "L: 4 11/16 in. (11.9 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "inscriptions": "none",
    "med": "black lacquer, stained wood, copper alloy, silver, gold",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6194"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JMA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
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    "mediaId": "bd8be73dedaebe04"
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