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{
    "localId": "3350",
    "label": "Belt Buckle",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.2344"
}

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    "id": "3350",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.2344",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Belt Buckle",
    "description": "This buckle is of a type manufactured in workshops near Paris during the last third of the 6th century. It is incised with bands of concentric geometric ornament centering on a human face, interpreted variously as Medusa or, when surmounted by a cross, as Christ. In either case, the face is an apotropaic device, intended to protect the wearer from evil.",
    "provenance": "Joseph Brummer, New York; Joseph Brummer Sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, May 12, 1949, no. 278; Walters Art Museum, 1949, by purchase.",
    "date": "late 6th century (Early Medieval)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.2344",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Metal",
        "buckles (strap accessories)"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_54.2344_Back_DD_T07.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_54.2344_Back_DD_T07.jpg",
    "imageCount": 2,
    "pageCount": 2,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 5.9,
            "height": 5.7,
            "depth": 1.5
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "2 5/16 x 2 1/4 x 5/8 in. (5.9 x 5.7 x 1.5 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Frankish",
    "med": "bronze",
    "creator_ids": [
        "2386"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "MED"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "358",
        "2513"
    ]
}

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    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS1_54.2344_Fnt_DD_T07.jpg",
    "mediaId": "14f90f0c4d62f641"
}