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    "localId": "79411",
    "label": "Zoomorphic Effigy Whistle",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.2851"
}

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    "id": "79411",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.2851",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Zoomorphic Effigy Whistle",
    "description": "The Tairona people of the northeastern tip of Colombia created fantastic creatures whose symbolism is not fully understood. The incised pattern on this ceramic whistle is typical of Tairona work.",
    "provenance": "Fine Arts of Ancient Lands, New York; Herbert L. Lucas, Los Angeles; acquired by a Private collection, 1991; given to Walters Art Museum, 2009.",
    "date": "1000-1550",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.2851",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Ceramics",
        "whistles"
    ],
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    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 8.2,
            "height": 14,
            "depth": 11
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 3 1/4 × W: 5 1/2 × D: 4 5/16 in. (8.2 × 14 × 11 cm)"
}

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    "cul": "Tairona",
    "med": "ceramic brown-blackware",
    "creator_ids": [
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    ],
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    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
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    ]
}

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