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        "title": "Treasure Box (Wakahuia)",
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        "measurements": "Overall: 17.2 cm (6 3/4 in.)",
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                    "id": 519209,
                    "title": "The Imagination of Primitive Man",
                    "description": "<i>The Imagination of Primitive Man</i>. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO (organizer) (January 18-February 25, 1962).",
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                {
                    "id": 302276,
                    "title": "Year in Review - 1962",
                    "description": "<i>Year in Review - 1962</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 24-November 25, 1962).",
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                    "id": 181802,
                    "title": "The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art",
                    "description": "<i>The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art</i>. Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland (MOCA), Cleveland, OH (June 9-August 20, 2006).",
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                "description": "Harry Beasley",
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        "description": "Decorated with low-relief spiral designs and small carved figures at each end, the treasure box was used to store ornaments worn by chiefs: feathers of the huia bird, combs, and pendants (hei-tiki).  Because the heads and necks of high-ranking Maori chiefs were tapu, or sacred, their personal adornments were dangerous to children or individuals of lower rank.  Treasure boxes were therefore hung from the rafters of the chief's house.  Boxes like this one were in use when Captain Cook visited New Zealand in 1769-70.",
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