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    "localId": "19860",
    "label": "Suspended white coral amulet",
    "core": "obj",
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    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1992"
}

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    "id": "19860",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1992",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Suspended white coral amulet",
    "description": "Red coral from the Mediterranean was favored for teething pendants and other amulets worn by babies, because it was believed to drive away evil spirits. Many 15th-century paintings of the Christ Child show him wearing such an amulet. White coral was presumed to share some of these powers.",
    "provenance": "Nicholas Landau [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1970, by gift.",
    "date": "1475-1550 (Renaissance)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1992",
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    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
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        "pendants"
    ],
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    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 7.5,
            "height": 3,
            "depth": 1.5
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 2 15/16 × W: 1 3/16 × D: 9/16 in. (7.5 × 3 × 1.5 cm)"
}

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    "med": "white coral, silver with gilding",
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