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    "localId": "26233",
    "label": "Ring",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1850"
}

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    "id": "26233",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1850",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Ring",
    "description": "Fashioned from two strands of silver twisted together, such rings frequently are called \"ring-money,\" indicating their dual function as jewelry and money.",
    "provenance": "Donat, Paris; Alistair Bradley Martin, Long Island; Ralph M. Chait, New York; gift to the Walters Art Museum, 1954, by Ralph M. Chait.",
    "date": "9th-10th century (Medieval)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1850",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Gold, Silver & Jewelry",
        "finger rings"
    ],
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    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 2.6,
            "height": 2.7,
            "depth": 0.5
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "1 x 1 1/16 x 3/16 in. (2.6 x 2.7 x 0.5 cm)"
}

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    "cul": "Viking",
    "med": "silver",
    "creator_ids": [
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    ],
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        "JWL"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
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        "2513",
        "2704"
    ]
}

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