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    "localId": "34888",
    "label": "\"\"Landsknecht\"\" Dagger and Sheath",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.527"
}

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    "id": "34888",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.527",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "\"\"Landsknecht\"\" Dagger and Sheath",
    "description": "A dagger of this type might be carried by a German \"Landsknecht\" or mercenary foot soldier (derived from \"Knecht\" meaning servant or farm hand) in the early 16th century.  It served in the field both as a weapon and as a tool.  The blade is inscribed on each side \"I A N\" between quatrefoils of punch marks; in addition, a maker's mark is impressed on the back.The blackened iron sheath contains as well a smaller knife (the blade bearing the mark of three small crosses) and a skewer for use in camp.",
    "provenance": "Zschille; Sale, London, 1897, no. 47;  Henry Griffith Keasbey; Henry Griffith Keasbey Collection Sale, American Art Association, New York, November 29, 1924, no. 192; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1924, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "16th century (Early Modern)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.527",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "daggers",
        "sheaths"
    ],
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    "pageCount": 2,
    "source": "import"
}

{
    "inscriptions": "Inscribed: I A N.",
    "med": "steel (dagger); iron, wood, and leather (sheath)",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6211"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "ARM",
        "REN"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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