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{
    "localId": "95314",
    "label": "Peaked Morion",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object"
}

{
    "id": "95314",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Peaked Morion",
    "date": "c. 1580–90",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.1085",
    "rights": "CC0",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
        "Q60740149"
    ],
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms and Armor"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1085/1916.1085_web.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1085/1916.1085_web.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1085/1916.1085_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 35.4 x 23.7 x 26.7 cm (13 15/16 x 9 5/16 x 10 1/2 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "North Italy, Milan?, 16th century"
    ],
    "accession": "1916.1085"
}

{
    "tec": "etched russet steel with traces of gilding; roped brim, brass plume holder",
    "tombstone": "Peaked Morion, c. 1580–90. North Italy, Milan?, 16th century. Etched russet steel with traces of gilding; roped brim, brass plume holder; overall: 35.4 x 23.7 x 26.7 cm (13 15/16 x 9 5/16 x 10 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance, 1916.1085",
    "collection": "MED - Arms & Armor",
    "didYouKnow": "Originally this helmet was topped with a feathered plume. The Swiss Guard, a regiment of soldiers that has guarded the Vatican since the 16th century, wear similar looking peaked morions today, though theirs are adorned with voluminous ostrich feather plumes.",
    "citations": [
        {
            "citation": "Gilchrist, Helen Ives. <em>A Catalogue of the Collection of Arms &amp; Armor Presented to the Cleveland Museum of Art by Mr. and Mrs. John Long Severance; 1916-1923</em>. Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1924.",
            "page_number": "Mentioned: p. 43, B7",
            "url": "https://archive.org/details/SeveranceCollection1924/page/n58"
        }
    ],
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.1085",
    "creditline": "Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 05:06:30.322000",
    "imageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1085/1916.1085_print.jpg",
    "sourceId": 95314,
    "dept": "Medieval Art",
    "coll": "MED - Arms & Armor",
    "med": "etched russet steel with traces of gilding; roped brim, brass plume holder",
    "thumbnail_url": null,
    "image_url": null
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
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