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{
    "localId": "15074",
    "label": "Baboon",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/71.526"
}

{
    "id": "15074",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/71.526",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Baboon",
    "description": "This stylized figure of a seated baboon shows a pronounced jaw and bulging eyes. There are geometric patterns on the base of the piece which was possibly used as a seal.",
    "provenance": "MacGregor Collection [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; MacGregor Sale, Sotheby, Wilkenson & Hodge, London, June 29, 1922, lot 708; Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1923, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "mid 4th millennium BCE (Predynastic)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/71.526",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Ivory & Bone",
        "figurines",
        "seals"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_71.526_Fnt_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_71.526_Fnt_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_71.526_Fnt_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "imageCount": 5,
    "pageCount": 5,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 1.8,
            "height": 0.9,
            "depth": 0.1
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 11/16 x W: 3/8 (1.77 x 0.93 x 0.07 cm)"
}

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    "med": "monkey molar",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6182"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "EGY"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "2513"
    ]
}

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    "seq": 2,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/CUR_71.526_Fnt_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "mediaId": "961987ef7f882c08"
}