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    "localId": "19182",
    "label": "Kozuka with a Bell",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.863"
}

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    "id": "19182",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.863",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Kozuka with a Bell",
    "description": "A silver bell tied to a gold cord is depicted on the right of the kozuka. This style of bell is often found at Shinto shrines. The hole for the blade is also rimmed in gold.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquistion unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "18th century (Edo)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.863",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "kozuka",
        "sword components",
        "handles"
    ],
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    "imageCount": 2,
    "pageCount": 2,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "L: 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "inscriptions": "none",
    "med": "iron, gold, silver",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6194"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JMA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
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