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    "localId": "15164",
    "label": "Dagger (aikuchi) with salamanders and ants crawling over rotting wood (includes 51.1169.1-51.1169.2)",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1169"
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    "id": "15164",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1169",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Dagger (aikuchi) with salamanders and ants crawling over rotting wood (includes 51.1169.1-51.1169.2)",
    "description": "Dagger (aikuchi) with salamanders and ants crawling over rotting wood.",
    "provenance": "Acquired by Henry Walters before 1931",
    "date": "1796-1847 (Edo-Muromachi)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1169",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "daggers",
        "aikuchi",
        "Tanto blade",
        "fuchi",
        "kashira",
        "kozuka",
        "kogai",
        "saya",
        "tsuka"
    ],
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    "pageCount": 2,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "15 3/4 in. (40 cm) (l.) mounted aikuchi"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "inscriptions": "[Signature] Masahiro; [Signature] Funada Ikkin saku; [Signature] Yokoya Somin",
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        "21491",
        "79560",
        "79561"
    ],
    "med": "Lacquer, steel, shibuichi, gold",
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        "5464",
        "3471"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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