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{
    "localId": "32638",
    "label": "Pig",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.2450"
}

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    "id": "32638",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.2450",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Pig",
    "description": "This pig statuette was produced in Boeotia, a region of ancient Greece known for its prolific output of terracotta figurines. The pig was a common sacrificial offering, and figurines may have served as votive offerings in place of live sacrifices. Examples of pig-shaped children's toys and sippy cups are also known.",
    "provenance": "Dr. Lucille Liberles [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Mrs. Peggy Bohanan [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, October 1980, by gift.",
    "date": "5th century BCE (Archaic)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.2450",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Ceramics",
        "statuettes (statues)"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_48.2450_Side_DD_T08.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_48.2450_Side_DD_T08.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_48.2450_Side_DD_T08.jpg",
    "imageCount": 2,
    "pageCount": 2,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 4.1,
            "height": 9
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 1 5/8 x W: 3 9/16 in. (4.1 x 9 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Greek",
    "med": "terracotta, mold made",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6256"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "GRC"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "seq": 2,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS1_48.2450_Side_DD_T08.jpg",
    "mediaId": "35597e0776aa5a87"
}