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{
    "localId": "28268",
    "label": "Saint",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/71.412"
}

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    "id": "28268",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/71.412",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Saint",
    "description": "The saint has a bland expression and wears a pronounced tonsure. Apparently balding, he has an incomplete circle of hair; only a forelock remains in the center of his forehead. The long neck suggests that the head may have been intended for insertion into a torso. The mouth has been painted, and there is a small hole in the head for a nimbus. The head was drilled at a later date and cut to form a whistle, which can be hung by means of the silver acanthus-leaf mount inserted into the crown of the head.",
    "provenance": "Owned by Léon Gruel, Paris; William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "18th century",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/71.412",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
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        "whistles"
    ],
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    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_71.412_Fnt_BW_C82.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 3.8,
            "height": 6.4
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 1 1/2 x W: 2 1/2 in. (3.8 x 6.4 cm)"
}

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    "med": "ivory, silver mount",
    "creator_ids": [
        "32066"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "EAN"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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