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    "localId": "87633",
    "label": "St. Michael standing on the Devil",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.829.36R"
}

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    "id": "87633",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.829.36R",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "St. Michael standing on the Devil",
    "provenance": "Copied by Wändemmu Gashaw [Gäbrä Maryam] of Däbrä Libanos monastery, north of Addis Ababba, Ethiopia, 1929-1950; Owned by Wäldä Mädhen (?) [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Daniel M. Friedenberg, New York, 1952, by purchase [in Addis Ababba]; Walters Art Museum, 1993, by gift.",
    "date": "2nd quarter 20th century",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.829.36R",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "illuminated manuscripts",
        "folios (leaves)"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CPS_W.829.36R_Fp_DD.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CPS_W.829.36R_Fp_DD.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 12.8,
            "height": 8.5
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 5 1/16 x W: 3 3/8 in. (12.8 x 8.5 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Christian Ethiopian",
    "med": "ink and pigments on medium-weight, yellow parchment of uneven finish; folios with images thicker and darker",
    "creator_ids": [
        "31616"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "MSS",
        "ETH"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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