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{
    "localId": "31052",
    "label": "Necklace",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1516"
}

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    "id": "31052",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1516",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Necklace",
    "description": "While the gold, blue faience, and carnelian beads interspersed with 11 amulets and thin gold spacers decorated with granulation are genuine, their arrangement in this necklace is a modern reconstruction. The variety of materials used highlights the wealth of resources, both local and imported, available to Egyptian craftsmen. Represented are gods, animals (or parts of them), and plants, all of which were believed to possess protective powers.",
    "provenance": "Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "ca. 1500-1100 BCE (New Kingdom)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1516",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Gold, Silver & Jewelry",
        "necklaces"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_57.1516_DetF_DD_RS2009_SemaE.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_57.1516_DetF_DD_RS2009_SemaE.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_57.1516_DetF_DD_RS2009_SemaE.jpg",
    "imageCount": 11,
    "pageCount": 11,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 0.5,
            "height": 0.1
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall H: 3/16 (0.45 x 0.05 cm)Overall H: 3/16 (0.45 x 0.01 cm)Overall H: 1/16 (0.13 x 0.01 cm)Overall H: 0.01 cmOverall H: 1/16 (0.17 x 0.01 cm)Overall H: 0.02 x W: 0.02 cmOverall H: 3/16 x W: 1/16 in. (0.52 x 0.08 cm)Overall H: 1/16 in. (0.17 cm)Overall H: 1/16 (0.08 x 0.01 cm)Overall H: 1/4 (0.59 x 0.05 cm)Overall H: 3/16 x W: 1/16 in. (0.45 x 0.09 cm)Other (gold bead diam.) : 0.01 cmOther (carnelian bead diam.) : 0.01 cm"
}

{
    "cul": "Egyptian",
    "dynasty": "18th-20th Dynasty",
    "med": "gold, Egyptian faience, glass, carnelian",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6182"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "EGY",
        "JWL"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "1954",
        "2054",
        "2227",
        "2513",
        "2704"
    ]
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
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    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/CUR_57.1516_Fnt_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "mediaId": "059b4048f6b55a19"
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