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    "localId": "96256",
    "label": "Chain Mail",
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    "id": "96256",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Chain Mail",
    "date": "1500s",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.1971",
    "rights": "CC0",
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    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
        "Q79478976"
    ],
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms and Armor"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1971/1916.1971_web.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1971/1916.1971_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Average: 50.8 cm (20 in.); Across top: 35.6 cm (14 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "Europe"
    ],
    "accession": "1916.1971"
}

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    "tec": "steel",
    "tombstone": "Chain Mail, 1500s. Europe. Steel; average: 50.8 cm (20 in.); across top: 35.6 cm (14 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance, 1916.1971",
    "collection": "MED - Arms & Armor",
    "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. 82, D17",
            "url": "https://archive.org/details/SeveranceCollection1924/page/n120"
        }
    ],
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.1971",
    "creditline": "Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 05:10:59.954000",
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    "dept": "Medieval Art",
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}

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