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{
    "localId": "32351",
    "label": "Hand",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/71.541"
}

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    "id": "32351",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/71.541",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Hand",
    "description": "This fragment of a well-known type of sppon (ointment or eye-paint container) is in the shape of a left hand supporting a shell. The long, thin fingers are unarticulated. The thumb and tips of the fingers are missing, but there is a deep indentation in the palm. There is a dowel hole for attaching another piece.",
    "provenance": "[Old number: \"\"1230\"\"]; MacGregor Collection, [date and mode of acquisition unknown];  MacGregor Sale, Sotheby, Wilkenson & Hodge, London, June 29, 1922, lot 679; Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris, 1922, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1923, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1580-1085 BCE (New Kingdom)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/71.541",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "spoons"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_71.541_Fnt_BW_C82.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_71.541_Fnt_BW_C82.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm)"
}

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    "med": "bone",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6182"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "EGY"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "seq": 1,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PL2_71.541_Fnt_BW_C82.jpg",
    "mediaId": "4ebd9aefe5ddd905"
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