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    "localId": "30824",
    "label": "Palanquin Hook",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.2959"
}

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    "id": "30824",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.2959",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Palanquin Hook",
    "description": "The heads below the bud at top are those of the mythical Garuda bird. The hook at bottom terminates in the head of the naga serpent, Garuda's enemy.",
    "provenance": "Dr. and Mrs. Samuel Eilenberg, New York, NY; Mrs. Natasha Eilenberg, Cornwall Bridge, CT, 1969; Walters Art Museum, 2000, by gift.",
    "date": "late 12th-early 13th century",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.2959",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Metal",
        "hooks"
    ],
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    "imageCount": 7,
    "pageCount": 7,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 26.7,
            "height": 15.2,
            "depth": 8.9
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 10 1/2 × W: 6 × D: 3 1/2 in. (26.7 × 15.2 × 8.9 cm)"
}

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    "med": "bronze with internal iron ring",
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    ],
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