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{
    "localId": "29739",
    "label": "Tsuba with Insects on Old Weathered Wood",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.284"
}

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    "id": "29739",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.284",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Tsuba with Insects on Old Weathered Wood",
    "description": "The body of this tsuba is craved in the form of insect eaten wood. On the front, a cicada is shown at the upper left, a spider is at the lower left, and a wasp is at the bottom right. A dung beetle is on the reverse.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acuqisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "n.d.",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.284",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "tsubas",
        "sword components"
    ],
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    "imageCount": 2,
    "pageCount": 2,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 7.5,
            "height": 6.9,
            "depth": 0.5
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "2 15/16 x 2 3/4 x 3/16 in. (7.46 x 6.94 x 0.45 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "inscriptions": "none",
    "med": "iron, copper, silver, gold",
    "creator_ids": [
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    ],
    "collection_ids": [
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    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "mediaId": "cf0eb4dad04c0c5d"
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