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    "localId": "156131",
    "label": "Ceremonial Disk-Axe (Yue)",
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    "title": "Ceremonial Disk-Axe (Yue)",
    "date": "c. 4700–2920 BCE",
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    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 13.3 cm (5 1/4 in.)",
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        "Northeast China, Neolithic period, Hongshan culture (4700–2920 BCE)"
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    "collection": "China - Neolithic",
    "citations": [
        {
            "citation": "Wilson, J. Keith, and Anne E. Wardwell. \"New Objects/New Insights: Cleveland's Recent Chinese Acquisitions.\" <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art </em>81, no. 8 (1994): 270-347.",
            "page_number": "Reproduced: p. 274; Mentioned: p. 275-76",
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