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    "localId": "80230",
    "label": "Tubular Bead Necklace and Emerald Pendant",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/2009.20.75"
}

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    "id": "80230",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/2009.20.75",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Tubular Bead Necklace and Emerald Pendant",
    "description": "This necklace of gold beads and an emerald pendant was made by craftsmen of the Quimbaya culture, which flourished in what is today central Colombia. The Quimbaya were famous for their great skill in working with gold, which was abundantly available in rivers and streams on the region. This necklace shows Quimbay techniques of creating gold beads by heating gold and beating it into sheets, then cutting it into beads. The yalso included a translucent green emerald as a pendant. Such stones were mined in what is today Colombia (one province of the country is called Esmeraldas) and Ecuador. A necklace like this, including gold and a emerald, would have marked its wearer as a person of importance, such as a ruler or priest.",
    "provenance": "Ron Messick Fine Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico; purchased by John G. Bourne, between 1990 and 1999; given to Walters Art Museum, 2013.",
    "date": "100 BC-AD 1000",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/2009.20.75",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Gold, Silver & Jewelry",
        "necklaces",
        "pendants"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_TL.2009.20.75_Fnt_DD_T10.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_TL.2009.20.75_Fnt_DD_T10.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "L of chain: 21 1/16 in. (53.5 cm); Pendant H: 9/16 x W: 1/2 x D: 3/8 in. (1.4 x 1.2 x 0.9 cm)"
}

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    "cul": "Quimbaya (?)",
    "med": "gold alloy, emerald",
    "creator_ids": [
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    ],
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    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "2988",
        "3381"
    ]
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
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    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS1_TL.2009.20.75_Fnt_DD_T10.jpg",
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