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{
    "localId": "13103",
    "label": "Kozuka with Outdoor Curtain with Paulownia Crests",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.892"
}

{
    "id": "13103",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.892",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Kozuka with Outdoor Curtain with Paulownia Crests",
    "description": "The design is divided into two sections by a curtain hanging from a rope. The curtain is decorated with paulownia crests. Such a curtain would be used to create a tent or other enclosure at battlefields or outdoor outings by high-ranked people. This is only the decorative front plate of the kozuka.",
    "provenance": "William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "n.d.",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.892",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "kozuka",
        "sword components",
        "handles"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.892_Back_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.892_Back_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.892_Back_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "imageCount": 2,
    "pageCount": 2,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "L: 2 11/16 in. (6.8 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "inscriptions": "none",
    "med": "shakudo, silver, gilt, gold",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6194"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JMA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "seq": 1,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS3_51.892_Fnt_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "mediaId": "af2093ce66ab00c6"
}