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{
    "localId": "27531",
    "label": "Head of a Syrian",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/71.508"
}

{
    "id": "27531",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/71.508",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Head of a Syrian",
    "description": "This is the pouring element that would have been attached to a horn-shaped vessel for perfume or medicine. The head with curved nose, fleshy chin, and a plain wig is carefully carved. The head may represent a Syrian. The band around the back of the wig is unusual. This may be a mistake on the part of a non-Egyptian carver or it may represent the tie of a wig cover.",
    "provenance": "[Said to be from the pyramids]; Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1914, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1580-1085 BCE (New Kingdom)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/71.508",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "fragments",
        "vessels"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_71.508_Fnt_BW_C82.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_71.508_Fnt_BW_C82.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_71.508_Fnt_BW_C82.jpg",
    "imageCount": 2,
    "pageCount": 2,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 2 in. (5.1 cm)"
}

{
    "med": "hippopotamus ivory",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6182"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "EGY"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "215"
    ]
}

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    "seq": 2,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PL2_71.508_Fnt_BW_C82.jpg",
    "mediaId": "ff431cf90c6a9f91"
}