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    "localId": "134331",
    "label": "Cuff",
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    "id": "134331",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Cuff",
    "description": "In the 1800s, native peoples began to use European fabrics to fashion fine formal garments; they favored sturdy cloth, such as velvet and wool broadcloth, which provided support for heavy decorative beadwork that was added by hand. Often the fabric was a dark color, providing dramatic contrast for the multicolored beads. Rather than encrusting the entire garment, beadwork was confined to cuffs, “epaulettes,” bib-like plackets and yokes, rectangular panels sewn to leggings, shirts, and dresses, and the like.",
    "date": "late 1800s",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1956.788.2",
    "rights": "CC0",
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    "language": "en",
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        "Garment"
    ],
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    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 12.1 x 29.8 cm (4 3/4 x 11 3/4 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "Northeast Woodlands, Great Lakes Region, Anishinaabe (Ojibwe) or Nehiyawak (Cree) People?"
    ],
    "accession": "1956.788.2"
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    "tec": "Velvet, satin, glass beads",
    "tombstone": "Cuff, late 1800s. Northeast Woodlands, Great Lakes Region, Anishinaabe (Ojibwe) or Nehiyawak (Cree) People?. Velvet, satin, glass beads; overall: 12.1 x 29.8 cm (4 3/4 x 11 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Anonymous gift in memory of Sarah Ann Morrison, 1956.788.2",
    "collection": "T - Native North American",
    "formerAccessionNumbers": [
        "1956.789"
    ],
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1956.788.2",
    "creditline": "Anonymous gift in memory of Sarah Ann Morrison",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 06:52:38.210000",
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    "sourceId": 134331,
    "dept": "Textiles",
    "coll": "T - Native North American",
    "med": "Velvet, satin, glass beads",
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