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    "localId": "160196",
    "label": "Hunchback Seated on a Stool",
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    "id": "160196",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Hunchback Seated on a Stool",
    "description": "The meanings of hunchbacks is not well-studied in Panamanian art. But to the north, in Mexico and Guatemala, such physical anomalies marked individuals of great spiritual power. A few of this figure’s features suggest that hunchbacks held similar status in Panama: The figure sits upon a four-legged stool, a symbol of authority, and the mythic creatures painted on each side may connect the figure to the supernatural realm.",
    "date": "c. 600–800",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1998.115",
    "rights": "CC0",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
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        "Ceramic"
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    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1998.115/1998.115_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 25 x 19 x 25.1 cm (9 13/16 x 7 1/2 x 9 7/8 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "Central Panama, Conte Style, c. 600-800"
    ],
    "accession": "1998.115"
}

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    "tec": "earthenware with colored slips",
    "tombstone": "Hunchback Seated on a Stool, c. 600–800. Central Panama, Conte Style, c. 600-800. Earthenware with colored slips; overall: 25 x 19 x 25.1 cm (9 13/16 x 7 1/2 x 9 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1998.115",
    "collection": "AA - Intermediate Region",
    "citations": [
        {
            "citation": "Cleveland Museum of Art, “Cleveland Acquires Major New Sculpture, Rare Chinese Prints, Contemporary Prints, Drawings & Photographs,” October 30, 1998, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.",
            "url": "https://archive.org/details/cmapr4215"
        },
        {
            "citation": "Sims, Lowery Stokes. <em>The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content, and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2006.",
            "page_number": "Mentioned and reproduced: P. 54, no. 14"
        }
    ],
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1998.115",
    "creditline": "John L. Severance Fund",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 08:19:34.522000",
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    "sourceId": 160196,
    "dept": "Art of the Americas",
    "coll": "AA - Intermediate Region",
    "med": "earthenware with colored slips",
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    "image_url": null
}

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