{"data": {"id": 151964, "accession_number": "1984.37", "share_license_status": "CC0", "tombstone": "Figure of a Warrior, after 1325 (thermoluminescence date of casting core, 1345\u20131575). Central Mexico, Tetzcoco?, Aztec, Post-Classic Period. Gold-silver-copper alloy (cast); overall: 11.2 x 6.1 cm (4 7/16 x 2 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund, 1984.37", "current_location": "233 Mesoamerican and Intermediate Region", "title": "Figure of a Warrior", "creation_date": "after 1325 (thermoluminescence date of casting core, 1345\u20131575)", "creation_date_earliest": 1325, "creation_date_latest": 1575, "artists_tags": [], "culture": ["Central Mexico, Tetzcoco?, Aztec, Post-Classic Period"], "technique": "gold-silver-copper alloy (cast)", "support_materials": [], "department": "Art of the Americas", "collection": "AA - Mesoamerica", "type": "Metalwork", "measurements": "Overall: 11.2 x 6.1 cm (4 7/16 x 2 3/8 in.)", "dimensions": {"overall": {"height": 0.112, "height_inch": 4, "height_inch_fraction": 0.4375, "width": 0.061, "width_inch": 2, "width_inch_fraction": 0.375}}, "state_of_the_work": null, "edition_of_the_work": null, "copyright": null, "inscriptions": [], "exhibitions": {"current": [{"id": 309849, "title": "Year in Review for 1984", "description": "<i>Year in Review for 1984</i>. 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