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{
    "localId": "79381",
    "label": "Female Figure in Birthing Position",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.2836"
}

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    "id": "79381",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.2836",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Female Figure in Birthing Position",
    "description": "This female figurine squats in a position of giving birth, with an open and prominent womb. The figure may have originally been part of a tableau including a baby figure as well. These types of figurines were probably made as votive offerings to promote the fertility of those that made or used them.",
    "provenance": "Economos Works of Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Private collection, 1991, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 2009, by gift.",
    "date": "AD 50-800 (Early Intermediate-Middle Horizon)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.2836",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Ceramics",
        "figures"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_48.2836_3Qtr_DD_T09.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_48.2836_3Qtr_DD_T09.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_48.2836_3Qtr_DD_T09.jpg",
    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 17.8,
            "height": 12.1,
            "depth": 8.9
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 7 x W: 4 3/4 x D: 3 1/2 in. (17.78 x 12.07 x 8.9 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Moche",
    "med": "ceramic orangeware with white slip",
    "creator_ids": [
        "8562"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "AME"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "seq": 3,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS1_48.2836_Back_DD_T09.jpg",
    "mediaId": "c8f95d0516fb3d24"
}