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    "localId": "7435",
    "label": "Hermit",
    "core": "obj",
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    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.2562"
}

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    "id": "7435",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.2562",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Hermit",
    "description": "This seated hermit, who holds a fruit in his right hand, may in fact represent the Buddha-to-be in one of his previous lives. The leg strap, which hermits wear in order to help support their legs during long stretches of meditation, has broken between the legs.",
    "provenance": "Alexander B. Griswold, Monkton, [presented to the Breezewood Foundation, inv. no. 699]; Walters Art Museum, 1979, by gift.",
    "date": "2nd half 15th century",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.2562",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
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        "sculpture (visual works)"
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    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "8 1/16 in. (20.5 cm)"
}

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    "cul": "Thai",
    "inscriptions": "none",
    "med": "leaded-tin brass",
    "creator_ids": [
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