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    "localId": "79604",
    "label": "Tsuka with Flowers",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1217.3B"
}

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    "id": "79604",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1217.3B",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Tsuka with Flowers",
    "description": "The kashira is decorated with pampas grass, which is one of the celebrated autumn flowers. The two menuki are in the shape of blossoming plum branches. Plum is the first tree to flower in the spring. This is part of a mounted set.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquistion unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "18th-19th centry (Edo)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1217.3B",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "tsuka",
        "kashira",
        "menuki",
        "sword components",
        "handles"
    ],
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    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "L: 4 5/16 in. (10.9 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "inscriptions": "none",
    "med": "silver, gold, shibuichi, ray skin, silk cord, wood",
    "creator_ids": [
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    ],
    "collection_ids": [
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    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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