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{
    "localId": "699",
    "label": "Pin with Spiral Head",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.2340"
}

{
    "id": "699",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.2340",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Pin with Spiral Head",
    "description": "This elegantly tapering bronze pin has an unusual finial made by dividing the stem at the head and curving one stem backward into a spiral. Spiral-headed pins with two outward curling spirals have been found in Ireland and in 7th- and 8th-century Anglo-Saxon sites. This example was found at Armagh (Northern Ireland) in 1886. Armagh was an important royal site from pre-historic times into the Christian era and, from the mid-5th century AD onwards, the See of Saint Patrick, Ireland's patron saint.",
    "provenance": "[Found in Armagh, Northern Ireland, 1886]; Robert Day, Cork, Ireland [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Robert Day Sale, Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, London, May 19-22, 1913, no. 355; William Randolph Hearst, California; Joseph Brummer, Paris; Joseph Brummer Sale, Parke-Bernet, New York, May 11-14, 1949, no. 276; Walters Art Museum, 1949, by purchase.",
    "date": "6th-8th century (Early Medieval)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.2340",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Metal",
        "pins"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_54.2340_Det_DD_T07.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_54.2340_Det_DD_T07.jpg",
    "imageCount": 2,
    "pageCount": 2,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 22.7,
            "height": 1.2,
            "depth": 0.6
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "8 15/16 x 7/16 x 1/4 in. (22.7 x 1.2 x 0.6 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Celtic",
    "med": "bronze",
    "creator_ids": [
        "15337"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "MED",
        "JWL"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "2054",
        "2513",
        "2704"
    ]
}

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    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS1_54.2340_Fnt_DD_T07.jpg",
    "mediaId": "8470480194333d95"
}