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    "localId": "29007",
    "label": "Kozuka with a Crow and Heron in a Willow Tree",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.848"
}

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    "id": "29007",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.848",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Kozuka with a Crow and Heron in a Willow Tree",
    "description": "A crow and heron are perched on the branch of a willow tree. These two birds are a metaphor for the pairing of opposites or ying and yang.  Behind the tree on the right is the bow of a boat.",
    "provenance": "William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "n.d.",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.848",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "kozuka",
        "sword components",
        "handles"
    ],
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    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.848_Back_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "imageCount": 2,
    "pageCount": 2,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "3 3/4 in. (9.6 cm) (l.)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "inscriptions": "none",
    "med": "shibuichi, gold, copper, silver, shakudo",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6194"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JMA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "170"
    ]
}

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    "seq": 1,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS3_51.848_Fnt_DD_JP09.jpg",
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