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{
    "localId": "5902",
    "label": "Pin",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1832"
}

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    "id": "5902",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1832",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Pin",
    "description": "This very unusual silver stick pin has a conical and rounded knob decorating its head and a shaft incised with a spiral line, possibly to catch the threads of the garment to prevent slipping once it was attached. It resembles a drop spindle reduced to jewelry scale. It was found in a crannog (lake dwelling) in County Galway.",
    "provenance": "Robert Day, Cork; Robert Day Sale, Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, London, May 19-22, 1913, no 458; William Randolph Hearst; Joseph Brummer; Joseph Brummer Sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, May 11-14, 1949, no. 267; Walters Art Museum, 1949, by purchase.",
    "date": "6th-8th century (Early Medieval)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1832",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Gold, Silver & Jewelry",
        "pins"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_57.1832_Fnt_DD_T07.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_57.1832_Fnt_DD_T07.jpg",
    "imageCount": 2,
    "pageCount": 2,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 10,
            "height": 0.3
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "3 15/16 x 1/8 in. (10 x 0.3 cm) (h. x diam.)"
}

{
    "cul": "Celtic",
    "med": "silver",
    "creator_ids": [
        "15337"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "MED",
        "JWL"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "2054",
        "2513",
        "2704"
    ]
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
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    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS1_57.1832_Fnt_DD_T07.jpg",
    "mediaId": "9e26d5b65be22ccc"
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