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    "localId": "2459",
    "label": "Bamboo Section with Ants and a Worm",
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    "id": "2459",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/61.227",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Bamboo Section with Ants and a Worm",
    "description": "A bamboo section with ants in lacquer and a worm in ivory inlay. Inlaid pearl tablet with inscription.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "mid-late 19th century (Meiji)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/61.227",
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    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
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            "units": "cm",
            "width": 3.9,
            "height": 2.7,
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        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 1 9/16 × W: 1 1/16 × D: 7/8 in. (3.9 × 2.7 × 2.3 cm)"
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    "style": "Shibayama",
    "inscriptions": "[Signature] Soichi",
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