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{
    "localId": "96180",
    "label": "Parrying Dagger",
    "core": "obj",
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}

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    "id": "96180",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Parrying Dagger",
    "date": "c. 1600",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.1891",
    "rights": "CC0",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
        "Q60780009"
    ],
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        "Arms and Armor"
    ],
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    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1891/1916.1891_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 34.6 cm (13 5/8 in.); Blade: 22.7 cm (8 15/16 in.); Quillions: 7.6 cm (3 in.); Grip: 10.9 cm (4 5/16 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "Germany, early 17th Century"
    ],
    "accession": "1916.1891"
}

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    "tec": "steel, wire grip with arched quillions and side ring",
    "tombstone": "Parrying Dagger, c. 1600. Germany, early 17th Century. Steel, wire grip with arched quillions and side ring; overall: 34.6 cm (13 5/8 in.); blade: 22.7 cm (8 15/16 in.); quillions: 7.6 cm (3 in.); grip: 10.9 cm (4 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance, 1916.1891",
    "collection": "MED - Arms & Armor",
    "citations": [
        {
            "citation": "<em>Catalogue of Arms and Armour</em>. Vol. 3, <em>16th century</em>. [Boston, Massachusetts]: [Frank Gair Macomber], [1900-1915].",
            "page_number": "Mentioned and Reproduced: No. (121) 124",
            "url": "https://archive.org/details/CatArmsArmour3_201602/page/n45"
        },
        {
            "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. 214, I12",
            "url": "https://archive.org/details/SeveranceCollection1924/page/n306"
        }
    ],
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.1891",
    "creditline": "Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 05:10:45.522000",
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    "sourceId": 96180,
    "dept": "Medieval Art",
    "coll": "MED - Arms & Armor",
    "med": "steel, wire grip with arched quillions and side ring",
    "thumbnail_url": null,
    "image_url": null
}

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