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{
    "localId": "2491",
    "label": "Spectacle Fibula",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.2916"
}

{
    "id": "2491",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.2916",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Spectacle Fibula",
    "description": "This bronze fibula (pin) is said to have been excavated from a grave that dates to the 8th or 7th century BC, though the design of the spectacle fibula dates back as early as the 13th century BC.",
    "provenance": "Mr. Richard Hubbard Howland, Washington D.C.; Walters Art Museum, 1996, by gift.",
    "date": "8th-7th century BC",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.2916",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Metal",
        "fibulae"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_54.2916_Back_DD_T12.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_54.2916_Back_DD_T12.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_54.2916_Back_DD_T12.jpg",
    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 6,
            "height": 13.6,
            "depth": 0.8
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "a) H: 2 3/8 x W: 5 3/8 x D: 5/16 in. (6 x 13.6 x 0.8 cm); b) H: 3 15/16 x W: 9/16 x D: 1/8 in. (10 x 1.5 x 0.3 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Northern Greek",
    "med": "bronze",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6256"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "GRC",
        "JWL"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "seq": 2,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS1_54.2916_VwA_DD_T12.jpg",
    "mediaId": "90c0956543470925"
}