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    "localId": "126778",
    "label": "Bird Bead",
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    "id": "126778",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Bird Bead",
    "description": "Muisca metalwork divides into two categories: ornaments to be worn, such as these, and offering figurines, in the case to the right. The elaborate bird pendant features delicate herringbone moldings, openwork patterns, and wing details-all part of the wax model from which the pendant was cast (see nearby computer animation). The dangles were attached after casting.",
    "date": "c. 900–1550",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1949.190.c",
    "rights": "CC0",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
        "Q79906377"
    ],
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Jewelry"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1949.190.c/1949.190.c_web.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1949.190.c/1949.190.c_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "cul": [
        "Colombia, Muisca style"
    ],
    "accession": "1949.190.c"
}

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    "tec": "cast gold",
    "tombstone": "Bird Bead, c. 900–1550. Colombia, Muisca style. Cast gold. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Edward S. Harkness in memory of Mrs. Stephen V. Harkness, 1949.190.c",
    "collection": "AA - Intermediate Region",
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1949.190.c",
    "creditline": "Gift of Mrs. Edward S. Harkness in memory of Mrs. Stephen V. Harkness",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 06:32:32.609000",
    "imageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1949.190.c/1949.190.c_print.jpg",
    "sourceId": 126778,
    "dept": "Art of the Americas",
    "coll": "AA - Intermediate Region",
    "med": "cast gold",
    "thumbnail_url": null,
    "image_url": null
}

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