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    "localId": "16948",
    "label": "Squatting Baboon",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.1562"
}

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    "id": "16948",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.1562",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Squatting Baboon",
    "description": "In this tiny baboon made of faience, the characteristic features of the standard Egyptian representation are exaggerated. He is seated, hands drawn up on knees, and nearly enveloped by a solid mass of hair. The hair is perforated behind the ears.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "mid 7th-late 4th century BCE (Late Period)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.1562",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Ceramics",
        "pendants",
        "amulets",
        "figurines"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_48.1562_Back_DD_T12.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_48.1562_Back_DD_T12.jpg",
    "imageCount": 5,
    "pageCount": 5,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 0.9,
            "height": 0.5,
            "depth": 0.5
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 3/8 x W: 3/16 x D: 3/16 in. (0.91 x 0.46 x 0.48 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Egyptian",
    "dynasty": "26th Dynasty",
    "med": "Egyptian faience with green glaze",
    "creator_ids": [
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    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "EGY",
        "JWL"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "10",
        "2054",
        "2513",
        "2704"
    ]
}

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