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    "localId": "161918",
    "label": "Headdress Ornament",
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    "id": "161918",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Headdress Ornament",
    "description": "Hair ornaments depicting flowers, butterflies, or birds were worn by ladies of the Manchu elite class.",
    "date": "1700s or 1800s",
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    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 22 x 28.5 cm (8 11/16 x 11 1/4 in.)",
    "cul": [
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    "tec": "Copper-silver alloy, gilding, kingfisher feathers, glass beads",
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    "collection": "China - Qing Dynasty",
    "didYouKnow": "The iridescent blue feathers of kingfisher birds are inlaid in hairpins and headdresses.",
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    "creditline": "Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Howard L. Ginaven",
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