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    "localId": "112288",
    "label": "Scabbard",
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    "id": "112288",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Scabbard",
    "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.b",
    "rights": "CC0",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
        "Q80004903"
    ],
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms and Armor"
    ],
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    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1930.706.b/1930.706.b_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 99 cm (39 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "India, perhaps Deccan"
    ],
    "accession": "1930.706.b"
}

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    "tec": "velvet lining with leather straps; wooden scabbard with velvet case and metallic threads",
    "tombstone": "Scabbard, 1700s–1800s. India, perhaps Deccan. Velvet lining with leather straps; wooden scabbard with velvet case and metallic threads; overall: 99 cm (39 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of S. D. Wright, 1930.706.b",
    "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.b",
    "creditline": "Gift of S. D. Wright",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 05:56:06.100000",
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    "sourceId": 112288,
    "dept": "Indian and Southeast Asian Art",
    "coll": "Indian Art",
    "med": "velvet lining with leather straps; wooden scabbard with velvet case and metallic threads",
    "thumbnail_url": null,
    "image_url": null
}

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