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    "localId": "15278",
    "label": "Tsuba with Stalks of Millet",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.257"
}

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    "id": "15278",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.257",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Tsuba with Stalks of Millet",
    "description": "This simple tsuba, intended for a dagger or other small sword, has a stalk of millet on each side. The seeds are highlighted in gold. Millet is associated with autumn.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "n.d.",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.257",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "tsubas",
        "sword components"
    ],
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    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.257_Fnt_DD_JP08.jpg",
    "imageCount": 2,
    "pageCount": 2,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 6,
            "height": 4.5,
            "depth": 0.4
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "2 3/8 x 1 3/4 x 3/16 in. (6 x 4.45 x 0.42 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "inscriptions": "none",
    "med": "copper, sentoku, gold, shakudo",
    "creator_ids": [
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    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JMA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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