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{
    "localId": "31222",
    "label": "Tsuba with a Monkey Teasing an Elephant with a Stick",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.281"
}

{
    "id": "31222",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.281",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Tsuba with a Monkey Teasing an Elephant with a Stick",
    "description": "The body of this tsuba is formed by the figure of an elephant. On its back is a monkey made of silver alloy, poking a stick towards the elephant's head.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1724 (Edo period)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.281",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "tsubas",
        "sword components"
    ],
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    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.281_Back_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 3 1/16 in. (7.7 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "inscriptions": "[Signature] 政春; [Translation]  Masaharu",
    "med": "copper-tin alloy, silver alloy, gold, and copper",
    "creator_ids": [
        "7030"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JMA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "seq": 1,
    "pageIndex": 0,
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    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS3_51.281_Fnt_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "mediaId": "4998a3f527ff4451"
}