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    "localId": "104030",
    "label": "Arrow",
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    "id": "104030",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Arrow",
    "description": "This straight, lightweight arrow shaft is made from a single length of bamboo. Its surface is smooth and undecorated, with slight natural tapering toward the point. Shallow notches are cut at the rear end for attaching the bowstring.",
    "date": "before 1922",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1922.20",
    "rights": "CC0",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
        "Q79510330"
    ],
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms and Armor"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1922.20/1922.20_web.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1922.20/1922.20_web.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1922.20/1922.20_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Average: 90.9 cm (35 13/16 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "Philippines"
    ],
    "accession": "1922.2"
}

{
    "tec": "reed shaft with metal tip",
    "tombstone": "Arrow, before 1922. Philippines. Reed shaft with metal tip; average: 90.9 cm (35 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of J. H. Donahey, 1922.20",
    "collection": "Oceanic Art",
    "didYouKnow": "The Aeta people typically used arrows like this one for hunting small game and birds.",
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1922.20",
    "creditline": "Gift of J. H. Donahey",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 05:36:55.764000",
    "imageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1922.20/1922.20_print.jpg",
    "sourceId": 104030,
    "dept": "Oceania",
    "coll": "Oceanic Art",
    "med": "reed shaft with metal tip",
    "thumbnail_url": null,
    "image_url": null
}

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