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    "localId": "97827",
    "label": "Ginger Jar- Shaped Basket",
    "core": "obj",
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    "id": "97827",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Ginger Jar- Shaped Basket",
    "date": "c 1900",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1917.438",
    "rights": "CC0",
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    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
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        "Basketry"
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    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Diameter of base: 8.6 x 14.6 cm (3 3/8 x 5 3/4 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "Northwest Coast, Cape Flattery, Washington, Makah, late 19th-early 20th century"
    ],
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    "tombstone": "Ginger Jar- Shaped Basket, c 1900. Northwest Coast, Cape Flattery, Washington, Makah, late 19th-early 20th century. Pear grass; diameter of base: 8.6 x 14.6 cm (3 3/8 x 5 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Presented by William Albert Price in memory of Mrs. William Albert Price, 1917.438",
    "collection": "AA - Native North America",
    "citations": [
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            "citation": "\"Accessions.\" <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 4, no. 4 (1917): 64-67.",
            "page_number": "Mentioned: p. 65",
            "url": "http://www.jstor.org/stable/25136092"
        }
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    "creditline": "Presented by William Albert Price in memory of Mrs. William Albert Price",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 05:16:32.421000",
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}

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