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    "localId": "79538",
    "label": "Tsuka with Chrysanthemums",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1279.3b"
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    "id": "79538",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1279.3b",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Tsuka with Chrysanthemums",
    "description": "The kashira is decorated with incised chrysanthemums. There are no menuki, but the pins used to hold the blade in place are decorated with flowers. This is part of a mounted set.",
    "provenance": "William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "2nd half 19th century (Edo-Meiji)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1279.3b",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
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        "tsuka",
        "kashira",
        "sword components",
        "handles"
    ],
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    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "L: 3 1/16 in. (7.7 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "inscriptions": "none",
    "med": "gold, copper, baleen",
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        "6730",
        "6194"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
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    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
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