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{
    "localId": "36848",
    "label": "Buckle",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1879"
}

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    "id": "36848",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1879",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Buckle",
    "description": "This is one of two matching buckles found with a silver bow fibula (Walters 57.1878). This large buckle could have fastened a belt. The matching smaller buckle, Walters 57.1880, could have fastened something with a smaller strap, such as a pouch or a boot.",
    "provenance": "Carlebach Gallery, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, March 10, 1959, by purchase.",
    "date": "5th-6th century (Early Medieval)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1879",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Gold, Silver & Jewelry",
        "buckles (strap accessories)"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_57.1879_3Qtr_TR_C79.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_57.1879_3Qtr_TR_C79.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_57.1879_3Qtr_TR_C79.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 3.9,
            "height": 4.4,
            "depth": 1.4
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "1 9/16 x 1 11/16 x 9/16 in. (3.9 x 4.4 x 1.4 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Visigothic",
    "med": "silver",
    "creator_ids": [
        "4764"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "MED"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "2513"
    ]
}

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    "seq": 1,
    "pageIndex": 0,
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    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PL1_57.1879_3Qtr_TR_C79.jpg",
    "mediaId": "6751d3f604aad530"
}