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{
    "localId": "99000",
    "label": "Shin Guards (\"\"Suneate\"\") from a Suit of Armor (\"\"Gusoku\"\")",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.601E"
}

{
    "id": "99000",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.601E",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Shin Guards (\"\"Suneate\"\") from a Suit of Armor (\"\"Gusoku\"\")",
    "description": "Armor such as this was made for foot soldiers during the peaceful Edo period (1615-1868). The embossed ironwork was designed for fancy dress parades, not battle.",
    "provenance": "Bunkio Matsuki [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Bunkio Matsuki Sale, A. A. Gallery, Feb. 10, 1906, no. 183; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1906, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "late 18th century (Edo)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.601E",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "body armor",
        "gusoku",
        "suneate"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/ARG_51.601-51.1365.4-61.280_InstlA_UK.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/ARG_51.601-51.1365.4-61.280_InstlA_UK.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/ARG_51.601-51.1365.4-61.280_InstlA_UK.jpg",
    "imageCount": 2,
    "pageCount": 2,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 12 5/16 in. (31.2 cm) approx."
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "med": "iron, mail, and textile",
    "creator_ids": [
        "4712"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JMA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "seq": 2,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PL1_51.601_Fnt_TR_T91II.jpg",
    "mediaId": "b860cc19c64251d7"
}