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    "localId": "16847",
    "label": "Headrest",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/61.301"
}

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    "id": "16847",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/61.301",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Headrest",
    "description": "This wooden headrest has a fluted base.  Headrests were included in burials, often placed near the head of the mummy.  The pair of human hands for the support makes this headrest especially appealing.",
    "provenance": "Joseph Brummer Collection Sale, Parke-Bernet New York, May 11-14, 1949;  Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, 1949, by purchase.",
    "date": "23rd century BCE (Old Kingdom)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/61.301",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Wood",
        "headrests"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_61.301_Fnt_BW_H49.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_61.301_Fnt_BW_H49.jpg",
    "imageCount": 5,
    "pageCount": 5,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 20.5,
            "height": 22.1,
            "depth": 7.6
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "8 1/16 x 8 11/16 x 3 in. (20.5 x 22.1 x 7.6 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Egyptian",
    "dynasty": "6th Dynasty",
    "med": "wood",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6182"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "EGY"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "2507"
    ]
}

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    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS4_61.301_DD_AT22_33926-tms.jpg",
    "mediaId": "48784c74c39ce0c1"
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