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    "localId": "127241",
    "label": "Bird-Man Pendant",
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    "id": "127241",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Bird-Man Pendant",
    "date": "c. 700–1550",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1949.557",
    "rights": "CC0",
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    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
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    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1949.557/1949.557_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 7.6 x 6.7 x 2 cm (3 x 2 5/8 x 13/16 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "Western Panama, or Diquís, Costa Rica, Veraguas-Gran Chiriquí or Diquís Style, 8th-16th Century"
    ],
    "accession": "1949.557"
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    "tombstone": "Bird-Man Pendant, c. 700–1550. Western Panama, or Diquís, Costa Rica, Veraguas-Gran Chiriquí or Diquís Style, 8th-16th Century. Cast and hammered gold; overall: 7.6 x 6.7 x 2 cm (3 x 2 5/8 x 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. R. Henry Norweb in memory of Roberta Holden Bole, 1949.557",
    "collection": "AA - Intermediate Region",
    "didYouKnow": "In the Panama-Costa Rica region, gold ornaments were associated with political and religious authority.",
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1949.557",
    "creditline": "Gift of Mrs. R. Henry Norweb in memory of Roberta Holden Bole",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 06:33:32.893000",
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    "sourceId": 127241,
    "dept": "Art of the Americas",
    "coll": "AA - Intermediate Region",
    "med": "cast and hammered gold",
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}

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