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    "localId": "13281",
    "label": "Carved Walrus Tusk",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/1982.76.1"
}

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    "id": "13281",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/1982.76.1",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Carved Walrus Tusk",
    "description": "Walrus tusk with fully carved figures of polar bears and penguins along the length of the tusk.",
    "provenance": "John Covington Baker, 1940, acquired in Alaska; Mr David Hickman, Rockville, MD [date and mode of acquisition unknown}; the Walters Art Museum, 1982, by gift.",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/1982.76.1",
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    "imageCount": 2,
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    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 7.8,
            "height": 54,
            "depth": 9.2
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 3 1/16 x L: 21 1/4 x D: 3 5/8 in. (7.8 x 54 x 9.2 cm)"
}

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    ],
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}

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