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{
    "localId": "79373",
    "label": "Effigy Vessel of a Seated Figure with Long Tunic",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.2831"
}

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    "id": "79373",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.2831",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Effigy Vessel of a Seated Figure with Long Tunic",
    "description": "In the Andes, the shape of the head itself could signal a person's social status or ethnic identity. This figure, probably a woman, has an artificially shaped head. Many Nasca people molded their heads to create a shape that is elongated and flattened across the forehead. Mothers tied boards behind babies’ heads, shaping their still-pliant skulls to create a lasting marker of status.",
    "provenance": "Sale, Sotheby's, New York, November 22 1993, lot 22; purchased by a private collection, November 22 1993; given to Walters Art Museum, 2009.",
    "date": "1-650 CE (Early Intermediate)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.2831",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Ceramics",
        "vessels"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_48.2831_3Qtr_DD_T09.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_48.2831_3Qtr_DD_T09.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_48.2831_3Qtr_DD_T09.jpg",
    "imageCount": 2,
    "pageCount": 2,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 15.2,
            "height": 11.4
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 6 x W: 4 1/2 in. (15.24 x 11.43 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Nazca",
    "med": "earthenware with paint",
    "creator_ids": [
        "31447"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "AME"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "3532"
    ]
}

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    "seq": 2,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS1_48.2831_Fnt_DD_T09.jpg",
    "mediaId": "fb00052e3538c710"
}