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    "localId": "6847",
    "label": "Dagger (hamidashi) with very dark brown lacquer saya and ray skin tsuka with ito-maki (includes 51.1273.1-51.1273.3)",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1273"
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    "id": "6847",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1273",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Dagger (hamidashi) with very dark brown lacquer saya and ray skin tsuka with ito-maki (includes 51.1273.1-51.1273.3)",
    "description": "Tsuba - Cherry blossoms. Fuchi, kashira - Dragonflies, moth, butterfly. Menuki -  Wasps (copper alloy). Kozuka, kogai - Plum blossoms",
    "date": "1836-1903 (Muromachi; late Edo; Meiji)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1273",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "daggers",
        "hamidashi",
        "Tanto blade",
        "tsuba",
        "fuchi",
        "kashira",
        "menuki",
        "kozuka",
        "kogai",
        "saya",
        "tsuka"
    ],
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    "imageCount": 2,
    "pageCount": 2,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 18 5/16 in. (46.5 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "inscriptions": "[Seal] Ichiju (kao); [Signature] Kanekado; [Signature] Ichiju",
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        "79556",
        "79557"
    ],
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    ],
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    "exhibition_ids": []
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