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    "localId": "117825",
    "label": "Headdress Ornament",
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    "id": "117825",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Headdress Ornament",
    "description": "Gold ornaments have been discovered among the innermost wrappings of Paracas mummy-bundles, and were probably personal possessions of the deceased. The embossed image in the center of each ornament is a deity face, characterized by protruding eyes and a grinning, toothy mouth. Snakelike appendages emanate from the face. Figures embroidered on Paracas garments are frequently depicted with similarly shaped ornaments, either worn above the forehead or brandished in one hand.",
    "date": "c. 300 BCE–200 CE",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1938.432",
    "rights": "CC0",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
        "Q80012606"
    ],
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Jewelry"
    ],
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    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1938.432/1938.432_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 6.8 cm (2 11/16 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "Peru, South Coast, Paracas"
    ],
    "accession": "1938.432"
}

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    "tec": "hammered and embossed gold-copper alloy",
    "tombstone": "Headdress Ornament, c. 300 BCE–200 CE. Peru, South Coast, Paracas. Hammered and embossed gold-copper alloy; overall: 6.8 cm (2 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund, 1938.432",
    "collection": "AA - Andes",
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1938.432",
    "creditline": "Dudley P. Allen Fund",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 06:06:14.556000",
    "imageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1938.432/1938.432_print.jpg",
    "sourceId": 117825,
    "dept": "Art of the Americas",
    "coll": "AA - Andes",
    "med": "hammered and embossed gold-copper alloy",
    "thumbnail_url": null,
    "image_url": null
}

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