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    "localId": "26999",
    "label": "Pilgrimage Flask from the Shrine of Thomas Becket in Canterbury",
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    "id": "26999",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/55.99",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Pilgrimage Flask from the Shrine of Thomas Becket in Canterbury",
    "description": "This rare pilgrim's flask, one of only a few to survive intact, was made to be worn around the neck as a protective talisman. It was once filled with holy water from the shrine of Saint Thomas Becket in Canterbury.",
    "provenance": "Edward J. Waddell, Ltd. Gaithersburg, Maryland [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1993, by purchase.",
    "date": "13th century (Medieval)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/55.99",
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    "language": "en",
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        "flasks"
    ],
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    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 5.1,
            "height": 4.9,
            "depth": 1.3
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 2 x W: 1 15/16 x D: 1/2 in. (5.1 x 4.9 x 1.3 cm)"
}

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    "cul": "English",
    "style": "Gothic",
    "med": "lead",
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