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    "localId": "34968",
    "label": "Woman's Girdle with Hexagram Pendant",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1866"
}

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    "id": "34968",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1866",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Woman's Girdle with Hexagram Pendant",
    "description": "A girdle was a loose belt that women wore hooked around the waist and from which might be suspended a pomander (scent holder), an amulet, keys, or a small purse. It might consist of simple gold links or be highly worked, as is this example. The six-pointed star (hexagram) suspended from the girdle was recognized in the mid 16th century by Christians, Jews, and Muslims alike as a symbol that could draw the protection of God to the wearer.",
    "provenance": "Mathias Komor, New York, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1957, by purchase.",
    "date": "ca. 1550 (Renaissance)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1866",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Gold, Silver & Jewelry",
        "girdles",
        "belts",
        "jewelry"
    ],
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    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_57.1866_DetA_DD_T11.jpg",
    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 3,
            "height": 76,
            "depth": 1.5
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 1 3/16 × W: 29 15/16 × D: 9/16 in. (3 × 76 × 1.5 cm)"
}

{
    "med": "gilded silver, rock crystal, enamel",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6211"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
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        "JWL"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "2513"
    ]
}

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