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    "localId": "110793",
    "label": "Part of a chair",
    "core": "obj",
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{
    "id": "110793",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Part of a chair",
    "description": "This wooden piece is part of a folding chair. Along with a similarly shaped and ornamented piece, it was part of the frame for the plaited reed seat. The holes were functional and allowed the frame of the chair to open or close. The most elaborate decoration was reserved for the upper back of the chair. The simple carving at the top of this fragment depicts a Mangbetu woman with an elongated head.",
    "date": "1900s",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1929.323",
    "rights": "CC0",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
        "Q80002889"
    ],
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Furniture and woodwork"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1929.323/1929.323_web.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1929.323/1929.323_web.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1929.323/1929.323_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 49.9 x 2.6 x 4.6 cm (19 5/8 x 1 x 1 13/16 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Mangbetu style, unknown carver"
    ],
    "accession": "1929.323"
}

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    "tec": "Wood",
    "tombstone": "Part of a chair, 1900s. Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Mangbetu style, unknown carver. Wood; overall: 49.9 x 2.6 x 4.6 cm (19 5/8 x 1 x 1 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Gilpin Players of Karamu House, 1929.323",
    "collection": "African Art",
    "didYouKnow": "When chairs were used, their wood became a rich, dark brown. The light color of this fragment suggests it was never used and may never have been assembled into a chair.",
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1929.323",
    "creditline": "Gift of the Gilpin Players of Karamu House",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 05:52:29.687000",
    "imageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1929.323/1929.323_print.jpg",
    "sourceId": 110793,
    "dept": "African Art",
    "coll": "African Art",
    "med": "Wood",
    "thumbnail_url": null,
    "image_url": null
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
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