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    "localId": "35264",
    "label": "Tsuba with Waves",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1236.2"
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    "id": "35264",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1236.2",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Tsuba with Waves",
    "description": "Two large waves rise along the sides of the tsuba, forming openings for the kozuka and kogai. This is part of a mounted set.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1827-1893 (Edo-Meiji)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1236.2",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "tsubas",
        "sword components"
    ],
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    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 7.2,
            "height": 6.1,
            "depth": 0.4
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 2 13/16 x W: 2 3/8 x D: 3/16 in. (7.2 x 6.1 x 0.4 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "inscriptions": "[Signature] 吉岡重貞; [Translation] Yoshioka Shigesada (kao)",
    "med": "silver",
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    ],
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    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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