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    "localId": "35689",
    "label": "Cat with Kittens",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.1559"
}

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    "id": "35689",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.1559",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Cat with Kittens",
    "description": "The mother cat has four kittens, demonstrating her fertility. The loop on the back suggests that this amulet could be worn as a pendant. The skin of the cat is decorated with black spots.",
    "provenance": "Sheikh Ismael [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1930 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "664-332 BC (Late Period)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.1559",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Ceramics",
        "amulets",
        "pendants",
        "figurines"
    ],
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    "imageCount": 5,
    "pageCount": 5,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 4,
            "height": 0.7,
            "depth": 2.9
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 1 9/16 x W: 1/4 x D: 1 1/8 in. (4.04 x 0.65 x 2.85 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Egyptian",
    "dynasty": "26th-30th Dynasty",
    "med": "Egyptian faience with green and black glaze",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6182"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "EGY"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "10"
    ]
}

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}