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{
    "localId": "18116",
    "label": "Wall Painting: Woman Holding a Sistrum",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "drawing",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/32.9"
}

{
    "id": "18116",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/32.9",
    "contentType": "drawing",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Wall Painting: Woman Holding a Sistrum",
    "description": "The woman in this fragmentary painting from a tomb wall has a wig of long, full hair, held in place by a flowered headband and topped with an ointment cone, a perfumed substance placed on wigs that gave off a fragrant aroma as it melted. A lotus blossom adorns the front of the headband. She holds a rattle called a sistrum, which women often played during temple ceremonies. What remains of the inscription suggests that she may have served with the temple staff of the god Amen.",
    "provenance": "Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1909, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "ca. 1250-1200 BCE (New Kingdom)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/32.9",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Painting & Drawing",
        "wall paintings"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_32.9_Fnt_TR_T03IV.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_32.9_Fnt_TR_T03IV.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_32.9_Fnt_TR_T03IV.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 24,
            "height": 17,
            "depth": 4.2
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 9 7/16 x W: 6 11/16 x D: 1 5/8 in. (24 x 17 x 4.2 cm)",
    "style": "Ramesside"
}

{
    "cul": "Egyptian",
    "inscriptions": "[Inscription] In black paint on yellow: remains of 4 vertical lines of inscription; [Translation] ...(his) sister...the lady...of Amun",
    "dynasty": "19th Dynasty",
    "reign": "Ramesses II-Merenptah",
    "med": "neutral gray, red, black, white, blue and yellow paint on plaster over mud",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6182"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "EGY"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "859"
    ]
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PL1_32.9_Fnt_TR_T03IV.jpg",
    "mediaId": "76d99736920137ec"
}