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    "localId": "6976",
    "label": "Helmet (\"\"Kabuto\"\") with Chrysanthemums",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.618"
}

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    "id": "6976",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.618",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Helmet (\"\"Kabuto\"\") with Chrysanthemums",
    "description": "The front plate of the helmet bowl (\"hachi\") takes the form of a bird beak.",
    "provenance": "Bunkio Matsuki;  Bunkio Matsuki Sale, A. A. Gallery, Feb. 10, 1906, no. 177;  Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1906, by purchase;  Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1829-1860 (Edo)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.618",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "helmets"
    ],
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    "imageCount": 4,
    "pageCount": 4,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 40.5,
            "height": 32.5,
            "depth": 36.2
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "15 15/16 x 12 13/16 x 14 1/4 in. (40.5 x 32.5 x 36.2cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "style": "Myochin",
    "inscriptions": "[Makers Mark] Inscribed: Mito ju Yoshiomi",
    "med": "iron, lacquer, and silk",
    "creator_ids": [
        "3769"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JMA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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