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{
    "localId": "79378",
    "label": "Post with Carved Faces",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/61.352"
}

{
    "id": "79378",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/61.352",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Post with Carved Faces",
    "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 likely 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 [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Private collection, 1992, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 2009, by gift.",
    "date": "1000-1470 CE (Late Intermediate)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/61.352",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Wood",
        "posts"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_61.352_3Qtr_DD_T09.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_61.352_3Qtr_DD_T09.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_61.352_3Qtr_DD_T09.jpg",
    "imageCount": 2,
    "pageCount": 2,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 166.4,
            "height": 34.6,
            "depth": 11.4
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 65 1/2 ×  W:13 5/8 × D: 4 1/2 in. (166.4 × 34.6 × 11.4 cm)Overall (w/ base): H: 67 7/8 ×  W:13 5/8 × D: 13 in. (172.4 × 34.6 × 33 cm)Base: H: 2 5/8 × W: 13 × D: 13 in. (6.7 × 33 × 33 cm)"
}

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    "cul": "Ica-Chincha",
    "med": "wood with red paint",
    "creator_ids": [
        "34565",
        "31564"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "AME"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "seq": 2,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS1_61.352_Fnt_DD_T09.jpg",
    "mediaId": "ae8a8470b84ead6f"
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