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    "localId": "20182",
    "label": "Shrine with a Female Figure",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.1541"
}

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    "id": "20182",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.1541",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Shrine with a Female Figure",
    "description": "The motif of a female figure in an Egyptian-style shrine probably derives from New Kingdom representations of naked women lying on beds. They were associated with fertility, as well as with protection for the mother and child.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1st century BC (Ptolemaic)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.1541",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Ceramics",
        "plaques (flat objects)",
        "figurines"
    ],
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    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_48.1541_Fnt_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "imageCount": 5,
    "pageCount": 5,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 9,
            "height": 3.3,
            "depth": 1.2
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 3 9/16 x W: 1 5/16 x D: 7/16 in. (8.98 x 3.27 x 1.18 cm)"
}

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    "cul": "Egyptian",
    "dynasty": "Ptolemaic Dynasty",
    "med": "Egyptian faience",
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    ],
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    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
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        "2172"
    ]
}

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