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    "localId": "9565",
    "label": "Ornament with Clasping Hands",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/44.413"
}

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    "id": "9565",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/44.413",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Ornament with Clasping Hands",
    "description": "Ritual jewelry symbolized the value of marital alliances. This ornament has hooks on the back to fasten it to clothing.",
    "provenance": "Joseph Brummer, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1941, by purchase.",
    "date": "ca. 1611 (Baroque)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/44.413",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Enamels",
        "pendants",
        "ornaments"
    ],
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    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 5.5,
            "height": 5
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 2 3/16 x W: 1 15/16 in. (5.5 x 5 cm)"
}

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    "dynasty": "House of Habsburg",
    "med": "gold, enamel, emeralds, rubies, stones",
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    ],
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        "JWL"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
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    ]
}

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