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    "localId": "169863",
    "label": "Male Effigy Vessel",
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    "id": "169863",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Male Effigy Vessel",
    "description": "The style is typically Nasca: modeling is minimal and the surface is decorated with the vibrant, earth-colored slips that are a hallmark of Nasca ceramic art. Male figures are a well-known category of Nasca ceramic production, although the shape of this one, which stands upright on two legs and is additionally supported from behind by a long loincloth, is unusual.",
    "date": "100–650 CE (thermoluminescence date, 410–1010 CE)",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/2012.116",
    "rights": "CC0",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
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    ],
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Ceramic"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2012.116/2012.116_web.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2012.116/2012.116_web.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2012.116/2012.116_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 28.8 x 16 x 17 cm (11 5/16 x 6 5/16 x 6 11/16 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "Peru, South Coast, Nasca, Early Intermediate Period"
    ],
    "accession": "2012.116"
}

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    "tec": "ceramic and slip",
    "tombstone": "Male Effigy Vessel, 100–650 CE (thermoluminescence date, 410–1010 CE). Peru, South Coast, Nasca, Early Intermediate Period. Ceramic and slip; overall: 28.8 x 16 x 17 cm (11 5/16 x 6 5/16 x 6 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund, 2012.116",
    "collection": "AA - Andes",
    "didYouKnow": "This figure holds a human head, which the Nasca viewed as a source of great power.",
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/2012.116",
    "creditline": "Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 08:43:11.986000",
    "imageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2012.116/2012.116_print.jpg",
    "sourceId": 169863,
    "dept": "Art of the Americas",
    "coll": "AA - Andes",
    "med": "ceramic and slip",
    "thumbnail_url": null,
    "image_url": null
}

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