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{
    "localId": "6659",
    "label": "Kashira with Crane",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1057"
}

{
    "id": "6659",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1057",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Kashira with Crane",
    "description": "A crane is depicted with its wings matching the curved edge of the kashira. Cranes are an auspicious motif. This is part of a set with Walters 51.1056.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "mid 19th century (late Edo)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1057",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "kashira",
        "sword components",
        "handles"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.1057_Top_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.1057_Top_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.1057_Top_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "imageCount": 2,
    "pageCount": 2,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "1 5/16 in. (3.4 cm) (l.)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "inscriptions": "none",
    "med": "copper with silver alloy, shakudo, and gold",
    "creator_ids": [
        "3382"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JMA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "seq": 2,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS3_51.1057_SideA_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "mediaId": "4bda93dcde918899"
}