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    "localId": "25711",
    "label": "Helmet",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.608"
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    "id": "25711",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.608",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Helmet",
    "description": "Iron \"hachi\" and \"mabisashi\" with copper and silver inlay (\"ito zogan\") damascene. The former with thirty-two \"suji\" (ridged) plates.  Gold kikuza, copper buttons, ring on back.  \"Mon - on fukigaeshi\" (blowbacks or ears) = \"maru katabami\" (wood sorrel).  Central brass \"paulownia (kiri) mon\" = Fujiwara family.  \"Shikawara\" (neck guard) laced in \"kebiki\" style (spread hair style) with high quality cinnabar, \"ito-doshi\" lacing.  Five lames.  Cloth lining.  Riveted laminations, \"zogan\".",
    "provenance": "Bunkio Matsuki Sale, no. 255, 1906; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1906, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1st half 17th century (Momoyama-early Edo)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.608",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "kabuto"
    ],
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    "imageCount": 6,
    "pageCount": 6,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 31.7,
            "height": 41.6
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "12 1/2 x 16 3/8 in. (31.7 x 41.6 cm)"
}

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    "cul": "Japanese",
    "style": "Myochin",
    "inscriptions": "Unread?",
    "RelatedObjects": 25174,
    "med": "iron, silver, brass, copper, cinnabar, silk, cloth",
    "creator_ids": [
        "2222"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
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    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "3300"
    ]
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