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    "localId": "37201",
    "label": "Cover of a Shaiva Manuscript",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/F.137"
}

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    "id": "37201",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/F.137",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Cover of a Shaiva Manuscript",
    "description": "The four outer figures on each side are kings of the primary and intermediate directions of the compass. The white shaft at the center is a four-faced linga, or \"sign,\" of the god Shiva. Paying homage to the linga are the creator-god Brahma and his spouse on the left, and Vishnu and his spouse on the right. Shiva created a shaft, a cosmic pillar, so tall that Brahma could not reach its top and Vishnu could not find its bottom. Shiva, demonstrating his supremacy, then appeared in the pillar.",
    "provenance": "Lama Gallery, Bombay, India; John and Berthe Ford, Baltimore, January 18, 1969, by purchase.",
    "date": "11th century",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/F.137",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Manuscripts & Rare Books",
        "manuscript covers"
    ],
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    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 57.2,
            "height": 4.5,
            "depth": 1.2
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "Wooded section L: 22 1/2 × W: 1 3/4 × D: 1/2 in. (57.2 × 4.5 × 1.2 cm); Metal section L: 22 5/8 × W: 2 3/16 × D: 11/16 in. (57.5 × 5.5 × 1.8 cm)"
}

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    "med": "wood with pigments and gilded metal",
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