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        "tombstone": "Ritual Weapons, early 1400s. Sino-Tibetan, Derge School, Yongle period (1403-1427). Iron alloy with gold and silver inlay; overall: 40.4 cm (15 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1978.9",
        "current_location": "237 Himalayan",
        "title": "Ritual Weapons",
        "creation_date": "early 1400s",
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        "department": "Indian and Southeast Asian Art",
        "collection": "Tibetan Art",
        "type": "Metalwork",
        "measurements": "Overall: 40.4 cm (15 7/8 in.)",
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            {
                "inscription": "Inlaid \"Yung-lo\" mark (1403-1425) in gold at tope of handle above snake's head.",
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                {
                    "id": 304286,
                    "title": "Year in Review: 1978",
                    "description": "<i>Year in Review: 1978</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 13-March 18, 1979).",
                    "opening_date": "1979-02-13T05:00:00"
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        "description": "Ceremonial weaponry was used in tantric rituals to combat obstacles to enlightenment, such as ignorance, delusions, and selfishness. In 1407 a high-ranking Tibetan monastic patriarch visited the emperor of the Ming dynasty, known as Yongle. The Yongle emperor presented him with a number of gifts, of which these implements were probably a component, since the axe bears his identifying inscription in a cartouche. Imperial Chinese workmanship is noted in the lush rendering of the lion heads from which the blades emerge, the calligraphic serpentine forms, and the cloud motifs.",
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                "https://archive.org/details/clevelandart-1978.9-ritual-weapons"
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        "citations": [
            {
                "citation": "Lee, Sherman E. \u201cThe Year in Review for 1978.\u201d <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 66, no. 1 (January 1979): 3\u201347.",
                "page_number": "Reproduced: p. 37; Mentioned: p. 47, no. 158",
                "url": "http://www.jstor.org/stable/25159613"
            },
            {
                "citation": "Huntington, John C., Dina Bangdel, and Robert A. F. Thurman. <em>The Circle of Bliss: Buddhist Meditational Art. </em>Chicago: Serindia Publications, 2003.",
                "page_number": "Mentioned and Reproduced: pp. 366\u2013369, no. 108",
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        "date_text": "early 1400s",
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