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    "localId": "25690",
    "label": "Mantle Fragment with Animals and Flowers",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/83.691"
}

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    "id": "25690",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/83.691",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Mantle Fragment with Animals and Flowers",
    "description": "Leaf-shaped patterns frequently appear in early Byzantine textiles as allusions to growth and prosperity or as decoration. Sometimes they are accompanied by birds and animals, as illustrated in this fragment, and are intended as celebrations of nature. This is a portion of a large rectangular piece of fabric that could have been worn as a mantle, or cape, or perhaps used as a curtain or a hanging.",
    "date": "5th-8th century",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/83.691",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "fragments",
        "textile"
    ],
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    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 40,
            "height": 39
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 15 3/4 x 15 3/8 in. (40 x 39 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Late Antique",
    "med": "wool and linen",
    "creator_ids": [
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    ],
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    "exhibition_ids": [
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        "2752"
    ]
}

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