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    "localId": "28412",
    "label": "Greek Hoop Earring with Lion Head",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1665"
}

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    "id": "28412",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1665",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Greek Hoop Earring with Lion Head",
    "description": "Hoop earrings, worn in pairs, with animal-head finials were popular during the Hellenistic period. This lion-headed example represents the common type, which appeared in many different sizes. To create the body of the hoop, very thin wire is wound around a tapering core of gold. The earring is fastened by hooking the thin end of the hoop through a hoop in the lion's mouth.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Sadie Jones (Mrs. Henry Walters), New York, 1931, by inheritance; Joseph Brummer, Paris and New York, 1941, by purchase [Brummer inv. no. N5132]; Walters Art Museum, 1941, by purchase.",
    "date": "4th-3rd century BC (Hellenistic)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1665",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Gold, Silver & Jewelry",
        "earrings (jewelry)"
    ],
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    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_57.1665_Prof_TR_T04II.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "13/16 in. (2.1 cm) (l.)"
}

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    "cul": "Greek",
    "med": "gold",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6256"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
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        "JWL"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "1954",
        "2054",
        "2227",
        "2513",
        "2704"
    ]
}

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