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    "localId": "14891",
    "label": "Head of Herakles",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/71.617"
}

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    "id": "14891",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/71.617",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Head of Herakles",
    "description": "The left side is missing, and the roundel is warped on a vertical axis, rendering it concave from the back. Eleven holes (originally fifteen) at the perimeter allowed the piece to be sewn to a leather bridle. The relief shows in profile the head of Herakles, or perhaps Alexander the Great shown as Herakles, wearing a lion's scalp. Part of the animal's skin, including a paw, is slung over his shoulder along with a spear and a knotty staff. A molding frames the composition.",
    "provenance": "William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1st-2nd century",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/71.617",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
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    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_71.617_Fnt_BW.jpg",
    "imageCount": 2,
    "pageCount": 2,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 2 1/16 in. (5.3 cm)"
}

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    ],
    "collection_ids": [
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    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
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    ]
}

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    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PL2_71.617_Fnt_BW.jpg",
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