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    "localId": "7236",
    "label": "Belt Buckle",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.2346"
}

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    "id": "7236",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.2346",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Belt Buckle",
    "description": "A massive bronze buckle with animal-headed finials. The plate is pierced with figure-eights, and the loop and tongue develop opposing volutes.",
    "provenance": "Charles Ratton, Paris, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Joseph Brummer, Paris and New York, 1946, by purchase [Brummer inv. no. P16086]; Joseph Brummer Sale, Park-Bernet, New York, May 12, 1949, lot 278; Walters Art Museum, 1949, by purchase.",
    "date": "4th century",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.2346",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "buckles (strap accessories)"
    ],
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    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 6.5,
            "height": 7.5,
            "depth": 0.9
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 2 9/16 x W: 2 15/16 x D: 5/16 in. (6.5 x 7.5 x 0.9 cm)"
}

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    ]
}

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