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    "localId": "161917",
    "label": "Set of Headdress Ornaments",
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    "id": "161917",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Set of Headdress Ornaments",
    "description": "Hair ornaments depicting flowers, butterflies, or birds were worn by ladies of the Manchu elite class.",
    "date": "1700s or 1800s",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/2001.179",
    "rights": "CC0",
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    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
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    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2001.179/2001.179_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 8.1 x 5.1 cm (3 3/16 x 2 in.); Average: 10.3 x 5.4 cm (4 1/16 x 2 1/8 in.); Irregular: 7.2 x 5.1 cm (2 13/16 x 2 in.); Part 1: 21.3 x 29.5 cm (8 3/8 x 11 5/8 in.); Part 2: 10.7 x 12.4 cm (4 3/16 x 4 7/8 in.); Part 3: 7.5 x 3.9 cm (2 15/16 x 1 9/16 in.); Part 4: 8.9 x 8.6 cm (3 1/2 x 3 3/8 in.); Part 5: 8.1 x 8.5 cm (3 3/16 x 3 3/8 in.); Third Section: 11.5 x 2.1 cm (4 1/2 x 13/16 in.); Second Section: 16 x 7.3 cm (6 5/16 x 2 7/8 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911)"
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    "accession": "2001.179"
}

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    "tec": "Copper-silver alloy, gilding, kingfisher feathers, glass beads",
    "tombstone": "Set of Headdress Ornaments, 1700s or 1800s. China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911). Copper-silver alloy, gilding, kingfisher feathers, glass beads; overall: 8.1 x 5.1 cm (3 3/16 x 2 in.); average: 10.3 x 5.4 cm (4 1/16 x 2 1/8 in.); irregular: 7.2 x 5.1 cm (2 13/16 x 2 in.); part 1: 21.3 x 29.5 cm (8 3/8 x 11 5/8 in.); part 2: 10.7 x 12.4 cm (4 3/16 x 4 7/8 in.); part 3: 7.5 x 3.9 cm (2 15/16 x 1 9/16 in.); part 4: 8.9 x 8.6 cm (3 1/2 x 3 3/8 in.); part 5: 8.1 x 8.5 cm (3 3/16 x 3 3/8 in.); third section: 11.5 x 2.1 cm (4 1/2 x 13/16 in.); second section: 16 x 7.3 cm (6 5/16 x 2 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Howard L. Ginaven, 2001.179",
    "collection": "China - Qing Dynasty",
    "didYouKnow": "The iridescent blue feathers of kingfisher birds are inlaid in hairpins and headdresses.",
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/2001.179",
    "creditline": "Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Howard L. Ginaven",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 08:24:52.056000",
    "imageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2001.179/2001.179_print.jpg",
    "sourceId": 161917,
    "dept": "Chinese Art",
    "coll": "China - Qing Dynasty",
    "med": "Copper-silver alloy, gilding, kingfisher feathers, glass beads",
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