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{
    "localId": "40159",
    "label": "Dog Game Piece",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/71.622"
}

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    "id": "40159",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/71.622",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Dog Game Piece",
    "description": "This piece is an ivory dog which was probably intended as a gaming piece. It is prone, looking straight ahead and it's tail is curled over its right haunch. It has pendant ears and is depicted wearing a collar around its neck. This piece is well carved, and because of the precious material, was likely made for a noble person.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1913 [mode of acquisition unknown];  Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "ca. 2850 BCE (Early Dynastic Period, late 1st-2nd dynasty)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/71.622",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Ivory & Bone",
        "game pieces",
        "figurines"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_71.622_Fnt_SL_T.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_71.622_Fnt_SL_T.jpg",
    "imageCount": 2,
    "pageCount": 2,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 3,
            "height": 6.5,
            "depth": 2.1
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "1 3/16 x 2 9/16 x 13/16 in. (3 x 6.5 x 2.1 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Egyptian",
    "dynasty": "late 1st-2nd Dynasty",
    "RelatedObjects": 37902,
    "med": "hippopotamus ivory",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6182"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "EGY"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PL9_71.622_Fnt_SL_T.jpg",
    "mediaId": "dd471c643692d666"
}