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    "localId": "112287",
    "label": "Sword",
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    "id": "112287",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Sword",
    "description": "Straight swords were typical of those used among military and aristocratic circles in the southern regions of the Deccan, in contrast to the curved swords favored by Central Asian equestrians. Increased contact between the Mughal north and the Deccan south during the 1600s led to the appearance of the Deccan-style sword in courtly portraits made during the time of Jahangir and Shah Jahan, and later.",
    "date": "1700s–1800s",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1930.706.a",
    "rights": "CC0",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
        "Q80004900"
    ],
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms and Armor"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1930.706.a/1930.706.a_web.jpg",
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    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1930.706.a/1930.706.a_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 99 cm (39 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "India, perhaps Deccan"
    ],
    "accession": "1930.706.a"
}

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    "tec": "Watered steel blade with iron hilt inlaid with gold",
    "tombstone": "Sword, 1700s–1800s. India, perhaps Deccan. Watered steel blade with iron hilt inlaid with gold; overall: 99 cm (39 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of S. D. Wright, 1930.706.a",
    "collection": "Indian Art",
    "citations": [
        {
            "citation": "“Part II. Fifteenth Annual Report of the Cleveland Museum of Art 1930.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>, vol. 18, no. 2, 1931, pp. 1–128.",
            "page_number": "Mentioned: p. 33",
            "url": "www.jstor.org/stable/25137366"
        }
    ],
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1930.706.a",
    "creditline": "Gift of S. D. Wright",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 05:56:07.444000",
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    "sourceId": 112287,
    "dept": "Indian and Southeast Asian Art",
    "coll": "Indian Art",
    "med": "Watered steel blade with iron hilt inlaid with gold",
    "thumbnail_url": null,
    "image_url": null
}

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