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{
    "localId": "33075",
    "label": "Griffin Fibula",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.571"
}

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    "id": "33075",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.571",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Griffin Fibula",
    "description": "This fibula, shaped like a griffin, a mythical creature half lion and half eagle, is decorated with twisted gold filigree wires and has a red stone or glass inlay for an eye. It was one of a pair crafted in a workshop in northern France. Originally these paired brooches were worn by women, one on either side of the chest.  Its mate belongs to the Hungarian National Museum in Budapest. Similar griffin fibulae have been found in late 6th-century Frankish graves.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore, [date of acquisition unknown] by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "mid-late 6th century (Early Medieval)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.571",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Gold, Silver & Jewelry",
        "fibulae"
    ],
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    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_57.571_Fnt_DD_T07.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 2.5,
            "height": 3.8,
            "depth": 0.8
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "1 x 1 1/2 x 5/16 in. (2.5 x 3.8 x 0.8 cm)"
}

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    "cul": "Frankish",
    "med": "gold, bronze (over an iron core), garnet or glass",
    "creator_ids": [
        "2386"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "MED",
        "JWL"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "2054",
        "358",
        "2513",
        "2704"
    ]
}

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    "mediaId": "95db963f5d5c5b42"
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