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    "localId": "1355",
    "label": "Handle in the Form of a Panther",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.1373"
}

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    "id": "1355",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.1373",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Handle in the Form of a Panther",
    "description": "This sinuous animal formed the handle of a lid to a vessel, perhaps a situla (pail) or cista (cylindrical container). The head is that of a panther, while the curve of the body has become so pronounced that it resembles a weasel. The Etruscan love of animals inspired their craftsmen to adorn many simple household objects with decorative animal imagery.",
    "provenance": "Madame E. Warneck Collection Sale, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 1905, no. 257 (?); Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1905, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "5th century BCE (Late Archaic-Classical)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.1373",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Metal",
        "figurines",
        "handles"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_54.1373_Det_DD_T12.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_54.1373_Det_DD_T12.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_54.1373_Det_DD_T12.jpg",
    "imageCount": 6,
    "pageCount": 6,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 7,
            "height": 9.9,
            "depth": 3.2
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 2 3/4 x W: 3 7/8 x D: 1 1/4 in. (7 x 9.9 x 3.2 cm);mount H: 1 x W: 4 5/16 x D: 2 in. (2.5 x 11 x 5.1 cm)"
}

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    "cul": "Etruscan (?)",
    "med": "bronze",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6291",
        "8315"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "ROM"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
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    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PL7_54.1373_Lft_BW.jpg",
    "mediaId": "197fcd775970d92b"
}