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{
    "localId": "9979",
    "label": "Nike",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.608"
}

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    "id": "9979",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.608",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Nike",
    "description": "Nike, the goddess of victory, was a dominant image in Athens, where she was worshiped for her alliance with Athena, the patron goddess of the city. The swift, winged goddess is depicted in a running pose that evokes flight. She was attached to a votive object, perhaps a tripod or other bronze vessel.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "ca. 500 BCE (Archaic)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.608",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Metal",
        "statuettes (statues)"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_54.608_Fnt_SL_T.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_54.608_Fnt_SL_T.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_54.608_Fnt_SL_T.jpg",
    "imageCount": 4,
    "pageCount": 4,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 8.6,
            "height": 8.4,
            "depth": 2.1
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "3 3/8 x 3 5/16 x 13/16 in. (8.6 x 8.4 x 2.1 cm);base: 9/16 x 3 1/8 x 1 3/8 in. (1.4 x 8 x 3.5 cm)"
}

{
    "style": "Attic",
    "med": "bronze",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6256"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "GRC"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "108"
    ]
}

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    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS1_54.608_Back_DD_T13.jpg",
    "mediaId": "333908b5331e8e21"
}