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    "label": "Bidri Pandan with Chevrons",
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    "id": "399504",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Bidri Pandan with Chevrons",
    "description": "A <em>pandan</em> is a lidded vessel for serving <em>paan</em>, which has been enjoyed in India for more than two thousand years. Paan is betel or areca nut mixed with lime powder, aromatics such as clove cinnamon, or cardamom, and wrapped in betel leaf. The whole packet is chewed after a meal as a mild stimulant and mouth freshener.",
    "date": "c. 1700",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/2020.206.a",
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    "language": "en",
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    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Diameter: 15 cm (5 7/8 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "Southwestern India, Deccan, Karnataka, Bidar​"
    ],
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    "tec": "Zinc alloy with silver overlay",
    "tombstone": "Bidri Pandan with Chevrons, c. 1700. Southwestern India, Deccan, Karnataka, Bidar​. Zinc alloy with silver overlay; diameter: 15 cm (5 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund, 2020.206.a",
    "collection": "Indian Art",
    "didYouKnow": "The lime powder in <em>paan</em> functioned as an ancient antacid after meals.",
    "citations": [
        {
            "citation": "Zebrowski, Mark. <em>Gold, Silver &amp; Bronze from Mughal India</em>. London: Alexandria Press in association with Laurence King, 1997.",
            "page_number": "Reproduced: pp. 233, 235, and color plate 514"
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