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    "localId": "26342",
    "label": "Buddhist Shrine",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/64.183"
}

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    "id": "26342",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/64.183",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Buddhist Shrine",
    "description": "This soaring shrine was designed to hold images of the Buddha, relics, or scriptures. Constructed from multiple sections of a hardwood, likely teak, the pagoda was assembled using wooden pegs, nails, and other traditional wood-joining techniques. Its golden surface is a result of the application of multiple layers of gold-toned lacquer that was used as an adhesive for layers of gold leaf.",
    "provenance": "Doris Duke Charitable Foundation's Southeast Asian Art Collection; given to Walters Art Museum, 2002.",
    "date": "19th century (Rattanakosin)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/64.183",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "shrines"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_64.183_BTBackCc_DD_T14.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_64.183_BTBackCc_DD_T14.jpg",
    "imageCount": 9,
    "pageCount": 9,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 184.8,
            "height": 70,
            "depth": 49.5
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 72 3/4 × W: 27 9/16 × D: 19 1/2 in. (184.79 × 70 × 49.5 cm)"
}

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    "med": "wood, gilding, and lacquer",
    "creator_ids": [
        "2501"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
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    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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