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{
    "localId": "79377",
    "label": "Post with a Carved Face",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/61.351"
}

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    "id": "79377",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/61.351",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Post with a Carved Face",
    "description": "Placed beside or inside a tomb, this grave marker resembles a human figure. If buried, the post would have supported the roof of a tomb of the Ica-Chincha people, who lived on the central coast of Peru. Crowned with a two-pronged headdress, the post was treated the same way as a human skull in a tomb: the red colorant that can still be seen on the post is the same red cinnabar pigment used after death to paint the skeletal remains of the Ica-Chincha people.",
    "provenance": "Martin and Ullman Artweave Textile Gallery, New York; purchased by a private collection, 1992; given to Walters Art Museum, 2009.",
    "date": "1000-1470 (Late Intermediate)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/61.351",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Wood",
        "posts"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_61.351_3Qtr_DD_T09.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_61.351_3Qtr_DD_T09.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_61.351_3Qtr_DD_T09.jpg",
    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 174,
            "height": 31.1,
            "depth": 12.7
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 68 1/2 x W: 12 1/4 x D: 5 in. (174 x 31.1 x 12.7 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Ica-Chincha",
    "RelatedObjects": 79378,
    "med": "wood (probably Huarango) with cinnabar",
    "creator_ids": [
        "31564",
        "34565"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "AME"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "3532"
    ]
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
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    "mediaId": "2d91080cea07b36d"
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