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{
    "localId": "12530",
    "label": "Female Figure",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/71.515"
}

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    "id": "12530",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/71.515",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Female Figure",
    "description": "This fragment of a double kohl box is decorated with a female figure shown in relief on a rectangular background. She stands facing left with one hand at her waist cupped upward. She is nude except for a wig with long lappets. The wig is surmounted by a pad in which fresh flowers could be inserted to make a crown. The mouth of the left tube is preserved. The back of the box is missing. The box and the type of decoration are well known.",
    "provenance": "William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore, prior to 1930 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "12th-late 8th century BCE (Late New Kingdom-Third Intermediate Period)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/71.515",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
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    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_71.515_Fnt_BW_C81.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_71.515_Fnt_BW_C81.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 4 13/16 in. (12.2 cm)"
}

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    "med": "hippopotamus ivory",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6182"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "EGY"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PL2_71.515_Fnt_BW_C81.jpg",
    "mediaId": "405913e469333656"
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