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    "localId": "170115",
    "label": "Seated Lord with Removable Headdress",
    "core": "obj",
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}

{
    "id": "170115",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Seated Lord with Removable Headdress",
    "description": "The major Maya grave offerings on Jaina Island were ceramic figurines that depict deities and humans in a variety of roles. The standing figure represents a warrior who once probably held weapons and wears either quilted cotton armor or the feathered uniform of a military order. The seated figure also represents a male, perhaps another warrior, who wears a huge zoomorphic headdress. A skeletal face with articulated jaw descends from the headdress to fit as a mask over the figure’s face.",
    "date": "600–800",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/2012.33",
    "rights": "CC0",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
        "Q60740257"
    ],
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Ceramic"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2012.33/2012.33_web.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2012.33/2012.33_web.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2012.33/2012.33_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 21 cm (8 1/4 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "Mesoamerica, Maya, probably Jaina Island, Late Classical period, 7th-9th century"
    ],
    "accession": "2012.33"
}

{
    "tec": "ceramic and slip",
    "tombstone": "Seated Lord with Removable Headdress, 600–800. Mesoamerica, Maya, probably Jaina Island, Late Classical period, 7th-9th century. Ceramic and slip; overall: 21 cm (8 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 2012.33",
    "collection": "AA - Mesoamerica",
    "didYouKnow": "It is estimated that some 20,000 people were buried on the tiny island of Jaina over a 500-year period.",
    "citations": [
        {
            "citation": "Mann, C. Griffith. “Acquisitions 2012.” <em>Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine </em>53, no. 2 (March/April 2013): 10-25.",
            "page_number": "Mentioned and reproduced: p. 17",
            "url": "https://archive.org/details/CMAMM2013-02/page/n15/mode/2up"
        }
    ],
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/2012.33",
    "creditline": "John L. Severance Fund",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 08:44:37.207000",
    "imageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2012.33/2012.33_print.jpg",
    "sourceId": 170115,
    "dept": "Art of the Americas",
    "coll": "AA - Mesoamerica",
    "med": "ceramic and slip",
    "thumbnail_url": null,
    "image_url": null
}

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