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    "localId": "7578",
    "label": "Horse Bit in the Shape of Horses",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.2427"
}

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    "id": "7578",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.2427",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Horse Bit in the Shape of Horses",
    "description": "Horse bits such as this one were not only used in life, but also may have been placed under the head of their owners in the grave.",
    "provenance": "E. S. David, Long Island City, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1957, by purchase.",
    "date": "8th-7th century BCE (Iron Age)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.2427",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Metal",
        "bits (bridle components)"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_54.2427_Fnt_BW_H57.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_54.2427_Fnt_BW_H57.jpg",
    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 8,
            "height": 21,
            "depth": 9
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "3 1/8 x 8 1/4 x 3 9/16 in. (8 x 21 x 9 cm)"
}

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    "med": "bronze",
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    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
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    ]
}

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    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS1_54.2427_SideA_DD_T14.jpg",
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}