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{
    "localId": "31894",
    "label": "Belt Buckle with Griffin",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.373"
}

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    "id": "31894",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.373",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Belt Buckle with Griffin",
    "description": "This buckle is worked in repoussé and engraved. It has a slot and knob that fastened a belt.",
    "provenance": "[From a tomb near Olbia, Parutino, Ukraine (?), 1913]; F. L. van Gans, Frankfurt (?) [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; P. Mavrogordato, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Galerie Bachstitz, The Hague [catalogue 1921, part II, lot 92 L]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1926, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1st century BC (Hellenistic)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.373",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Gold, Silver & Jewelry",
        "buckles (strap accessories)"
    ],
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    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_57.373_Fnt_SL.jpg",
    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 6.6,
            "height": 3.6
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "2 5/8 x 1 7/16 in. (6.6 x 3.6 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Greek",
    "style": "Hellenistic",
    "med": "gold",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6256",
        "15409"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "GRC",
        "JWL"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "2513",
        "3673"
    ]
}

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