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    "localId": "155934",
    "label": "Tapestry Fragment",
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    "id": "155934",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Tapestry Fragment",
    "description": "The prominent figure with an elaborate headdress duplicated on this brightly colored fragment is known today as a “Lord,” a term that reveals uncertainty about his identity but confidence in his prestige. Whether a king or a deity, he was crucially important to the north coast Lambayeque (lahm-buy-YEK-kay) (Sicán) people, who often portrayed him in a wide range of media. The geometric motif that repeats in the nine central squares is unidentified.",
    "date": "700–1370s",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1991.223",
    "rights": "CC0",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
        "Q60740248"
    ],
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Tapestry"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1991.223/1991.223_web.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1991.223/1991.223_web.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1991.223/1991.223_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 40 x 16.2 cm (15 3/4 x 6 3/8 in.); Mounted: 49.5 x 16.2 cm (19 1/2 x 6 3/8 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "Peru, North Coast, Lambayeque (Sicán) people"
    ],
    "accession": "1991.223"
}

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    "tec": "camelid fiber and cotton, tapestry weave",
    "tombstone": "Tapestry Fragment, 700–1370s. Peru, North Coast, Lambayeque (Sicán) people. Camelid fiber and cotton, tapestry weave; overall: 40 x 16.2 cm (15 3/4 x 6 3/8 in.); mounted: 49.5 x 16.2 cm (19 1/2 x 6 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1991.223",
    "collection": "T - Pre-Columbian",
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1991.223",
    "creditline": "John L. Severance Fund",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 08:06:23.356000",
    "imageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1991.223/1991.223_print.jpg",
    "sourceId": 155934,
    "dept": "Textiles",
    "coll": "T - Pre-Columbian",
    "med": "camelid fiber and cotton, tapestry weave",
    "thumbnail_url": null,
    "image_url": null
}

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    "seq": 1,
    "pageIndex": 0,
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    "url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1991.223/1991.223_web.jpg",
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