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    "localId": "80226",
    "label": "Ornament",
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    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/2009.20.71"
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    "id": "80226",
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    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Ornament",
    "description": "Fine craftsmanship typifies the precious metal jewelry worn by the Moche elite. From cast decorative edgings, to hammered sheets of gold rolled into shafts, to the intricate inlays of semiprecious stones, these astonishing ornaments embellished members of the elite. Not only did the dazzling artworks glitter in the brilliant desert sun, symbolically bathing the wearer in the power of the golden orb, but their symbolic imagery and exceptional artistry enhanced the status and authority of the bejeweled person.",
    "provenance": "Economos Works of Art; purchased by John G. Bourne, Santa Fe, New Mexico, between 1990 and 1999; given to Walters Art Museum, 2013.",
    "date": "100 BC- AD 600 (Early Intermediate)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/2009.20.71",
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    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
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            "units": "cm",
            "width": 6.2,
            "height": 13.4,
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        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 2 7/16 x W: 5 1/4 x D: 7/8 in. (6.2 x 13.4 x 2.2 cm)"
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