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{
    "localId": "12730",
    "label": "Tsuba with Clams and Conch",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.324"
}

{
    "id": "12730",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.324",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Tsuba with Clams and Conch",
    "description": "This small tsuba is decorated with clams, mussels and conchs. On both sides, a conch in its shell is depicted at the lower right of the tsuba. On the front, a clam and mussel are to the left of the conch. Another clam and mussel are at the upper left. A scallop and two razor clams appear on the right edge above the conch. On the reverse, two clams are the top. A clam and a scallop are at the bottom, near the small conch. Water is indicated on both sides with hairline engravings. This small tsuba would have been used with a short sword or dagger.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1836-1904 (late Edo-Meiji)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.324",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "tsubas",
        "sword components"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.324_Back_DD_JP08.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.324_Back_DD_JP08.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.324_Back_DD_JP08.jpg",
    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 5.5,
            "height": 4.1,
            "depth": 0.5
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "2 3/16 x 1 5/8 x 3/16 in. (5.5 x 4.05 x 0.5 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "style": "Goto School",
    "inscriptions": "[Signature] 後藤光正; [Translation] Goto Mitsumasa (kao)",
    "med": "silver, copper, gold, gilt, shakudo, shibuichi",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6629"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JMA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
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    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS3_51.324_Back_DD_JP08.jpg",
    "mediaId": "6ff11aa38a675aa3"
}