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{
    "localId": "13782",
    "label": "Duck Cosmetic Box",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/71.519"
}

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    "id": "13782",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/71.519",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Duck Cosmetic Box",
    "description": "The wings of this charming cosmetic container pivot outward, revealing a storage compartment. The eyes were once inlaid. The pintail duck is one of Egypt's most common species of waterfowl and was a popular decorative motif.",
    "provenance": "Reverend Wiliam MacGregor Collection Sale, Sotheby's, London, 1922, no. 703; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1925, by purchase [from unknown dealer in Paris]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1550-1196 BCE (New Kingdom)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/71.519",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Ivory & Bone",
        "dressing cases"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_71.519_3Qtr_DD_T11.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_71.519_3Qtr_DD_T11.jpg",
    "imageCount": 7,
    "pageCount": 7,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 7,
            "height": 6.6,
            "depth": 20.5
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "2 3/4 x 2 5/8 x 8 1/16 in. (7 x 6.6 x 20.5 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Egyptian?",
    "dynasty": "18th-19th Dynasty",
    "med": "hippopotamus ivory, elephant ivory, bone",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6182"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "EGY"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "seq": 2,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PL7_71.519_3Qtr_BW_C82.jpg",
    "mediaId": "340171d9593e6dcc"
}