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{
    "localId": "38211",
    "label": "Horse Head Finial",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/71.1100"
}

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    "id": "38211",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/71.1100",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Horse Head Finial",
    "description": "The horse's head is hollowed out for only a short length, indicating the use as a finial on a piece of furniture or a shaft. Its highly polished surface shows a pattern of root marks from burial.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Sadie Jones (Mrs. Henry Walters), New York, 1931, by inheritance; Mrs. Henry Walters Sale, Joseph Brummer Gallery, New York; Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Gutman [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1942, by gift.",
    "date": "5th century",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/71.1100",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Ivory & Bone",
        "finials"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_71.1100_Fnt_BW.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_71.1100_Fnt_BW.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm)"
}

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    "style": "Hellenistic",
    "med": "bone",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6182"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "MED",
        "ROM"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "358"
    ]
}

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    "seq": 1,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PL7_71.1100_Fnt_BW.jpg",
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