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{
    "localId": "27568",
    "label": "Large Bow Fibula and Pin",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.2919"
}

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    "id": "27568",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.2919",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Large Bow Fibula and Pin",
    "description": "Greek fibulae of the 9th to the 7th century BC combined a bold, sculptural quality with a lighter, more decorative style.  This bronze fibula (pin) is said to have been excavated from a grave that dates to the 8th or 7th century BC.",
    "provenance": "Salonika, Greece; Mr. Richard Hubbard Howland, Washington, D.C., 1935, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, by gift.",
    "date": "8th-7th century BCE (Geometric-Orientalizing)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.2919",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Metal",
        "fibulae"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_54.2919_Back_DD_T12.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_54.2919_Back_DD_T12.jpg",
    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 5.8,
            "height": 7.4,
            "depth": 2.6
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "2 1/4 x 2 15/16 x 1 1/16 in. (5.8 x 7.4 x 2.6 cm)"
}

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    "cul": "Greek",
    "med": "bronze",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6256"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "GRC",
        "JWL"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
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    "mediaId": "39a3518e09a77fcf"
}