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    "localId": "81873",
    "label": "Sufis Performing Sama",
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    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Sufis Performing Sama",
    "description": "This illustration from Walters manuscript W.628 shows Sufis participating in musical ceremonies, known as sama (hearing or listening).",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [Ex libris on upper board inside]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "Sha'ban 918 AH/AD 1512 (Safavid)",
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    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
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            "units": "cm",
            "width": 21.5,
            "height": 13.5
        }
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    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 8 7/16 x W: 5 5/16 in. (21.5 x 13.5 cm)"
}

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    "med": "ink and pigments on brown laid paper",
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