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{
    "localId": "22855",
    "label": "Biconical Bead",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.453"
}

{
    "id": "22855",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.453",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Biconical Bead",
    "description": "This large biconical gold bead (along with Walters 57.452) was worked first in repousssé and then chased, using a hammer, chisel, and punches on the sheet metal to create an etched or engraved effect. The beads were probably strung with similar ones of slightly varying sizes to create a choker or a long necklace.",
    "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-6th century BCE",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.453",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Gold, Silver & Jewelry",
        "beads (pierced objects)"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_57.453_Fnt_BW_C79.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_57.453_Fnt_BW_C79.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_57.453_Fnt_BW_C79.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 1 1/8 in. (2.9 cm)"
}

{
    "med": "gold",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6291"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "ROM",
        "JWL"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "1954",
        "2227",
        "2513"
    ]
}

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    "seq": 1,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PL7_57.453_Fnt_BW_C79.jpg",
    "mediaId": "414f133de3e5086c"
}