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    "localId": "110807",
    "label": "Scabbard",
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    "id": "110807",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Scabbard",
    "date": "early 1900s",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1929.334.b",
    "rights": "CC0",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
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        "Arms and Armor"
    ],
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    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Scabbard: 7.7 cm (3 1/16 in.); Knife including handle: 6.1 cm (2 3/8 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "Africa, East Africa, Somalia, unknown maker"
    ],
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    "tec": "Rawhide or leather",
    "tombstone": "Scabbard, early 1900s. Africa, East Africa, Somalia, unknown maker. Rawhide or leather; scabbard: 7.7 cm (3 1/16 in.); knife including handle: 6.1 cm (2 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Gilpin Players of Karamu House, 1929.334.b",
    "collection": "African Art",
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        "29.334a"
    ],
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    "creditline": "Gift of the Gilpin Players of Karamu House",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 05:52:33.923000",
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    "dept": "African Art",
    "coll": "African Art",
    "med": "Rawhide or leather",
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