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    "localId": "128165",
    "label": "Deity Plaque",
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    "id": "128165",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Deity Plaque",
    "description": "Depicted as an elderly man with a conch shell on his back, this plaque probably portrays God N, the deity who supports the sky.",
    "date": "c. 300–600 CE",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1951.159",
    "rights": "CC0",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
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    "genreSpecific": [
        "Jade"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1951.159/1951.159_web.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1951.159/1951.159_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 9 x 7.4 cm (3 9/16 x 2 15/16 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "Mexico or Central America, Maya"
    ],
    "accession": "1951.159"
}

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    "tec": "jade",
    "tombstone": "Deity Plaque, c. 300–600 CE. Mexico or Central America, Maya. Jade; overall: 9 x 7.4 cm (3 9/16 x 2 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Norweb Collection, 1951.159",
    "collection": "AA - Mesoamerica",
    "didYouKnow": "In ancient Mesoamerica, jade was more valuable than gold.",
    "citations": [
        {
            "citation": "Baltimore Museum of Art, and Roland Joseph McKinney. <em>The Art of the Maya</em>; November 15th to December 15th, 1937. Baltimore. Mus. Of Art. Catalogues. 1931-1946. 1937.",
            "page_number": "Cat. no. 13"
        },
        {
            "citation": "Maurer, Evan, and Molly Hennen. <em>Symboles sacrés: quatre mille ans d'art des Amériques. </em>Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux, 2002.",
            "page_number": "Cat. No. 77, p. 107"
        }
    ],
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    "creditline": "The Norweb Collection",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 06:36:53.696000",
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    "sourceId": 128165,
    "dept": "Art of the Americas",
    "coll": "AA - Mesoamerica",
    "med": "jade",
    "thumbnail_url": null,
    "image_url": null
}

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