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    "localId": "126274",
    "label": "Spindle",
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    "id": "126274",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Spindle",
    "date": "c. 1–399 CE",
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    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 32.3 x 1.6 x 1.6 cm (12 11/16 x 5/8 x 5/8 in.)",
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    "tombstone": "Spindle, c. 1–399 CE. Peru, South Coast, Nasca. Wood with carved clay whorl; overall: 32.3 x 1.6 x 1.6 cm (12 11/16 x 5/8 x 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of John Wise, 1948.483",
    "collection": "T - Pre-Columbian",
    "citations": [
        {
            "citation": "Shepherd, Dorothy. \"Some Recent Acquisitions of Peruvian Textiles.\" <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art </em>37, no. 8 (October 1950): 179-180.",
            "page_number": "Mentioned: p. 179",
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        }
    ],
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