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    "localId": "37789",
    "label": "Beja Shield",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1398"
}

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    "id": "37789",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1398",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Beja Shield",
    "description": "The Beja are nomadic people of eastern Sudan who were first documented by the ancient Egyptians. This is a late example of a traditional Beja round shield, typically made of rhinoceros or hippopotamus hide.",
    "provenance": "Johns Hopkins University [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, November 1975, by purchase.",
    "date": "20th century",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1398",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "shields"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_51.1398_Fnt_DD_T08.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_51.1398_Fnt_DD_T08.jpg",
    "imageCount": 4,
    "pageCount": 4,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 14,
            "height": 56.4
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 5 1/2 × Diam: 22 3/16 in. (14 × 56.4 cm)"
}

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    "med": "Hippopotamus or rhinoceros hide",
    "creator_ids": [
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    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "ARM"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
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