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    "localId": "33225",
    "label": "Hair Pin",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1833"
}

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    "id": "33225",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1833",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Hair Pin",
    "description": "The stylized bird terminal on this pin is ornamented with a chevron pattern and originally had an inlaid eye (the stone is now missing). The patterning of the bird is a variation on the cloisonné style popular among the Franks in the 6th century.",
    "provenance": "Collection of Joseph Brummer, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Joseph Brummer Sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, May 12, 1949, no. 276; Walters Art Museum, 1949, by purchase.",
    "date": "6th century (Early Medieval)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1833",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Gold, Silver & Jewelry",
        "hairpins"
    ],
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    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 13.7,
            "height": 1.6,
            "depth": 0.3
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "5 3/8 x 5/8 x 1/8 in. (13.7 x 1.6 x 0.3 cm)"
}

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    "cul": "Frankish",
    "med": "gilded silver",
    "creator_ids": [
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    ],
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        "JWL"
    ],
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        "358",
        "2513"
    ]
}

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