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{
    "localId": "17344",
    "label": "Dress Ornament",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.547"
}

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    "id": "17344",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.547",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Dress Ornament",
    "description": "This intricate gold ornament was designed to be sewn to a woman's dress or headcover. The eagle with spread wings is a recurring Byzantine image, while the peacocks at the top represent eternal life.",
    "provenance": "Paul Gruel, Paris, [date of acquisition unknown] by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1929, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "6th-7th century (Late Antique)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.547",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Gold, Silver & Jewelry",
        "ornaments"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_57.547_Fnt_DD_T10.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_57.547_Fnt_DD_T10.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 4 3/4 x W: 1 9/16 x D: 1/16 in. (12 x 4 x .02 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Byzantine",
    "inscriptions": [
        "[Transcription] + Θεωτόκη βοέθι τῖ φορούσα [+ Θεοτόκε",
        "βοήθη τῆ φορούσα]; [Translation] + Mother of God",
        "help the woman who wears this"
    ],
    "med": "gold",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6640"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "BYZ",
        "JWL"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "358"
    ]
}

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    "seq": 1,
    "pageIndex": 0,
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    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS1_57.547_Fnt_DD_T10.jpg",
    "mediaId": "f8f781aa3bf57c97"
}