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{
    "localId": "34764",
    "label": "Belt Buckle",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.2347"
}

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    "id": "34764",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.2347",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Belt Buckle",
    "description": "This highly decorative buckle is unusual in that it is made of two pieces riveted together. It is decorated with incised and punched patterns and features a cross at the center. The tongue has a schematic human face and an animal head terminal.  Such animal head terminals are common on Migration period jewelry.",
    "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": "7th century (Early Medieval)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.2347",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Metal",
        "buckles (strap accessories)"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_54.2347_Fnt_NF_H51.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_54.2347_Fnt_NF_H51.jpg",
    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 5.5,
            "height": 13.7,
            "depth": 1
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "2 3/16 x 5 3/8 x 3/8 in. (5.5 x 13.7 x 1 cm)"
}

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

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    "pageIndex": 0,
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    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PL1_54.2347_Fnt_NF_H51.jpg",
    "mediaId": "a9cbc71cadc3154f"
}