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    "localId": "133719",
    "label": "Decorated ends of a shawl",
    "core": "obj",
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    "id": "133719",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Decorated ends of a shawl",
    "date": "770–887 (radiocarbon date, 95.4% probability)",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1956.330",
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    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
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    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1956.330/1956.330_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 41.9 x 68.6 cm (16 1/2 x 27 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "Egypt, Fayyum, Tulunid or Ikshīdid period"
    ],
    "accession": "1956.33"
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    "tec": "Wool, linen, and silk: plain weave with inwoven tapestry weave",
    "tombstone": "Decorated ends of a shawl, 770–887 (radiocarbon date, 95.4% probability). Egypt, Fayyum, Tulunid or Ikshīdid period. Wool, linen, and silk: plain weave with inwoven tapestry weave; overall: 41.9 x 68.6 cm (16 1/2 x 27 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Textile Arts Club, 1956.330",
    "collection": "Textiles",
    "citations": [
        {
            "citation": "Wadsworth Atheneum, Adelyn Dohme Breeskin, and Charles Crehore Cunningham. <em>2000 Years of Tapestry Weaving: A Loan Exhibition : Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Dec. 7, 1951 to Jan. 27, 1952 ; the Baltimore Museum of Art, Feb. 27, 1952 to Mar. 25, 1952</em>. Hartford, CT: Wardsworth Atheneum], 1951.",
            "page_number": "p. 17, no. 9"
        },
        {
            "citation": "Wardwell, Anne E. <em>Material Matters: Fifty Years of Gifts from the Textile Arts Club, 1934-1984 : [Exhibition] 21 November-30 December 1984, the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland: The Museum, 1984.",
            "page_number": "p. 17, cat. no. 9"
        },
        {
            "citation": "Mackie, Louise W. <em>Symbols of Power: Luxury Textiles from Islamic Lands, 7th-21st Century</em>. Cleveland; New Haven: Cleveland Museum of Art; Yale University Press, 2015.",
            "page_number": "Reproduced: P. 90, fig. 3.5; Mentioned: P. 89"
        },
        {
            "citation": "McWilliams, Mary, and Jochen A. Sokoly. Social Fabrics: Inscribed Textiles from Medieval Egyptian Tombs. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard Art Museums, 2021.",
            "page_number": "Mentioned and reproduced: pp. 118-119"
        }
    ],
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1956.330",
    "creditline": "Gift of The Textile Arts Club",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 06:51:50.625000",
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    "sourceId": 133719,
    "dept": "Textiles",
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    "med": "Wool, linen, and silk: plain weave with inwoven tapestry weave",
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