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    "localId": "102961",
    "label": "Fish or Seal Club (X’ús’)",
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    "id": "102961",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Fish or Seal Club (X’ús’)",
    "description": "Marine and river resources are crucial on the Northwest Coast, including halibut that can weigh several hundred pounds. The thrashing of such a large fish could endanger a canoe and so, after being thanked for surrendering its life, it was clubbed before being brought safely onboard. This example may represent a sea lion, a proficient hunter.",
    "date": "late 1800s–early 1900s",
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    "language": "en",
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    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Figure: 10.5 x 4 cm (4 1/8 x 1 9/16 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "Native North America, Northwest Coast, Alaska, Tlingit"
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    "accession": "1921.158"
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    "tombstone": "Fish or Seal Club (X’ús’), late 1800s–early 1900s. Native North America, Northwest Coast, Alaska, Tlingit. Wood; figure: 10.5 x 4 cm (4 1/8 x 1 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of W. A. Price, 1921.1580",
    "collection": "AA - Native North America",
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1921.1580",
    "creditline": "Gift of W. A. Price",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 05:33:53.250000",
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    "coll": "AA - Native North America",
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