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{
    "localId": "77419",
    "label": "Pair of Cheekpieces in the Shape of Monsters",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/VO.54 (54.116, 54.117)"
}

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    "id": "77419",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/VO.54 (54.116, 54.117)",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Pair of Cheekpieces in the Shape of Monsters",
    "description": "The monsters on this pair of cheekpieces from a horse bit are felines with wings sprouting from their rumps. The heads of demons appear on their backs.",
    "provenance": "[Found in Nevahend, Persia (?)]; Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1931, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "8th century BC (Iron Age)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/VO.54 (54.116, 54.117)",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "cheekpieces",
        "bits (bridle components)"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_54.116-117_Fnt_BW.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_54.116-117_Fnt_BW.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 11.5,
            "height": 11,
            "depth": 2
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "54.116: 4 1/2 x 4 5/16 x 13/16 in. (11.5 x 11 x 2 cm);54.117: 4 1/2 x 3 13/16 x 11/16 in. (11.4 x 9.7 x 1.8 cm)"
}

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    "med": "cast bronze",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6747"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "ANE"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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