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    "localId": "11791",
    "label": "Buckle and Buckle Plate",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.557"
}

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    "id": "11791",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.557",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Buckle and Buckle Plate",
    "description": "This buckle plate of sheet gold backed with bronze is set with pieces of carnelian and bordered by repoussé ornament. The technique is typically Hunnish.",
    "provenance": "William T. / Henry Walters Collection [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "4th-5th century (Early Medieval)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.557",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Gold, Silver & Jewelry",
        "buckles (strap accessories)"
    ],
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    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_57.557_Fnt_BW_6078.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 3.4,
            "height": 5.2,
            "depth": 0.9
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 1 5/16 x W: 2 x D: 5/16 in. (3.4 x 5.2 x 0.9 cm)"
}

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    "cul": "Hunnish",
    "RelatedObjects": [
        "39814",
        "37073"
    ],
    "med": "gold, bronze, carnelian",
    "creator_ids": [
        "7310"
    ],
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        "JWL"
    ],
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        "358",
        "2513",
        "246",
        "2704",
        "2752"
    ]
}

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