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    "localId": "16032",
    "label": "Nose Ring with Oval Disc",
    "core": "obj",
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    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.361"
}

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    "id": "16032",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.361",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Nose Ring with Oval Disc",
    "description": "Gold nose rings were among the artifacts brought back to Spain by Columbus. They were a popular form of body ornament and sign of rank for both men and women in ancient Central America.",
    "provenance": "Tiffany & Co.; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1910 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "700-1500",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.361",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Gold, Silver & Jewelry",
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        "nose rings"
    ],
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    "imageCount": 1,
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    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 4.3,
            "height": 5.3
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 1 11/16 x W: 2 1/16 in. (4.3 x 5.3 cm)"
}

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    "cul": "Colombian",
    "med": "hammered gold alloy",
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