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{
    "localId": "38344",
    "label": "Necklace",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1727"
}

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    "id": "38344",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1727",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Necklace",
    "description": "Made for a middle-class woman, this necklace is composed of simple, toy-like ducks that appear to be solid gold, yet are actually stamped out of thin foil.  This creates the false impression of a very costly necklace, as do the glass beads that resemble pearls.",
    "provenance": "[Said to have been found in Nazareth]; Robert Garrett, Baltimore [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase; Walters Art Museum, October 11, 1943, by gift.",
    "date": "4th-5th century (Late Antique)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1727",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Gold, Silver & Jewelry",
        "necklaces"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_57.1727_Fnt_DD_T10.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_57.1727_Fnt_DD_T10.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_57.1727_Fnt_DD_T10.jpg",
    "imageCount": 2,
    "pageCount": 2,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 58.4,
            "height": 1.9,
            "depth": 0.6
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "L: 23 x W: 3/4 x D: 1/4 in. (58.4 x 1.9 x 0.6 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Byzantine",
    "med": "gold and glass",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6640"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "ROM",
        "BYZ",
        "JWL"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "358",
        "2513",
        "2718"
    ]
}

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    "seq": 2,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS1_57.1727_DetA_DD_T10.jpg",
    "mediaId": "935aeede23e03df3"
}