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    "localId": "8615",
    "label": "Garment Decoration (\"\"Clavi\"\")",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/83.738"
}

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    "id": "8615",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/83.738",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Garment Decoration (\"\"Clavi\"\")",
    "description": "Images of wine jugs and grape vines were common on clavi (vertical strips of ornamentation). While the meaning was probably secular, vases and vines later evolved into a religious motif symbolizing eternal life or the \"Tree of Life.\"These \"clavi\" are characteristic of the monochromatic style of purple wool woven onto white linen.",
    "provenance": "Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. Kelekian [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1980, by gift.",
    "date": "4th-5th century (Early Byzantine)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/83.738",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Textiles",
        "textiles",
        "clavi"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_83.738_Fnt_BW.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_83.738_Fnt_BW.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_83.738_Fnt_BW.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 17.9,
            "height": 2.5
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "a: 7 1/16 x 1 in. (17.94 x 2.54 cm);b: 6 15/16 x 7/8 in. (17.62 x 2.22 cm);c: 5 9/16 x 1 in. (14.13 x 2.54 cm)"
}

{
    "med": "wool on linen",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6182"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "BYZ",
        "TAF"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PL7_83.738_Fnt_BW.jpg",
    "mediaId": "110e112b5665609e"
}