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    "localId": "21572",
    "label": "Leech Fibula",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.483"
}

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    "id": "21572",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.483",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Leech Fibula",
    "description": "This type of typical Etruscan fibula is called \"sanguisuga,\" or leech, due to the shape of its bow. It is decorated with granulation and filigree.",
    "provenance": "Joseph Brummer, Paris and New York, [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [as part of the so-called \"\"Jugoslavian Treasure\"\"]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1927, by purchase;  Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "7th century BCE (Orientalizing)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.483",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Gold, Silver & Jewelry",
        "fibulae"
    ],
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    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_57.483_Fnt_NF_C79.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 1,
            "height": 2.1,
            "depth": 0.6
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "3/8 x 13/16 x 1/4 in. (1 x 2.1 x 0.6 cm)"
}

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    "cul": "Etruscan",
    "med": "gold",
    "creator_ids": [
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    ],
    "collection_ids": [
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        "JWL"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "2513"
    ]
}

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