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{
    "localId": "23722",
    "label": "Painted Leather Fragment",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/73.106"
}

{
    "id": "23722",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/73.106",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Painted Leather Fragment",
    "description": "This is a fragment of a flat leather object. It may have been a book cover, but since no trace of boards or backing survives, this is problematic. The design was an all-over pattern of contiguous circles, painted in green with yellow outlines upon a deep red ground. A palmette was framed in each circle and a stylized floral design filled the interstices. A broad border used a \"beaded\" edging abnd stylized acanthus leaves painted in yellow outline.",
    "provenance": "[Cairo]; Dr. Richard Ettinghausen [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1952, by gift.",
    "date": "7th-9th century",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/73.106",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Leather",
        "fragments",
        "bindings"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_73.106_Fnt_BW_H56.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_73.106_Fnt_BW_H56.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_73.106_Fnt_BW_H56.jpg",
    "imageCount": 4,
    "pageCount": 4,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 20,
            "height": 20
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 7 7/8 x W: 7 7/8 in. (20 x 20 cm)"
}

{
    "med": "paint on red-stained hide",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6182"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "ISL"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "664"
    ]
}

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    "seq": 2,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS1_73.106_Fnt_DD_T13.jpg",
    "mediaId": "a8b4ca969a4c9035"
}