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    "localId": "21361",
    "label": "Long Sword with Abalone Confetti in Paulownia Design on the Sheath",
    "core": "obj",
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    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1156"
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    "id": "21361",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1156",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Long Sword with Abalone Confetti in Paulownia Design on the Sheath",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "early-mid 19th century (Edo)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1156",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
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        "kogai",
        "saya",
        "tsuka"
    ],
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    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "blade: 25 7/8 in. (65.72 cm)"
}

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}

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