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    "data": {
        "id": 150934,
        "accession_number": "1982.341",
        "share_license_status": "Copyrighted",
        "tombstone": "Bracelet and Anklet, before 1927. Africa, West Africa, Liberia, Dan-style blacksmith. Copper alloy; part 1: 16 x 14.2 cm (6 5/16 x 5 9/16 in.); part 2: 14.1 x 11.7 cm (5 9/16 x 4 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Willett Rankin Wilson, in memory of Audley R. and Edna Moore Wilson, 1982.341",
        "current_location": "108A African",
        "title": "Bracelet and Anklet",
        "creation_date": "before 1927",
        "creation_date_earliest": 1920,
        "creation_date_latest": 1927,
        "artists_tags": [],
        "culture": [
            "Africa, West Africa, Liberia, Dan-style blacksmith"
        ],
        "technique": "Copper alloy",
        "support_materials": [],
        "department": "African Art",
        "collection": "African Art",
        "type": "Jewelry",
        "measurements": "Part 1: 16 x 14.2 cm (6 5/16 x 5 9/16 in.); Part 2: 14.1 x 11.7 cm (5 9/16 x 4 5/8 in.)",
        "dimensions": {
            "part 1": {
                "width": 0.16,
                "width_inch": 6,
                "width_inch_fraction": 0.3125,
                "depth": 0.142,
                "depth_inch": 5,
                "depth_inch_fraction": 0.5625
            },
            "part 2": {
                "width": 0.141,
                "width_inch": 5,
                "width_inch_fraction": 0.5625,
                "depth": 0.117,
                "depth_inch": 4,
                "depth_inch_fraction": 0.625
            }
        },
        "state_of_the_work": null,
        "edition_of_the_work": null,
        "copyright": null,
        "inscriptions": [],
        "exhibitions": {
            "current": [
                {
                    "id": 309669,
                    "title": "The Year in Review for 1983",
                    "description": "<i>The Year in Review for 1983</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 22-April 8, 1984).",
                    "opening_date": "1984-02-22T05:00:00"
                },
                {
                    "id": 446033,
                    "title": "Arts of Africa",
                    "description": "<i>Arts of Africa</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (December 10, 2021-July 2, 2023).",
                    "opening_date": "2021-12-09T05:00:00"
                }
            ],
            "legacy": []
        },
        "provenance": [
            {
                "description": "Collected by Willett Rankin Wilson in Liberia, 197/28",
                "citations": [],
                "footnotes": [
                    "<div><!--block-->Memorandum from Virginia Crawford to Dr. Lee, 12-8-82, curatorial file</div>",
                    "<div><!--block-->Letter from Willett R. Wilson to Virginia Crawford, 12-20-82, curatorial file</div>"
                ],
                "date": "1927/28",
                "sortorder": 1
            },
            {
                "description": "Willett Rankin Wilson, Lyndhurst, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art",
                "citations": [],
                "footnotes": null,
                "date": "1927/28\u20131982",
                "sortorder": 2
            },
            {
                "description": "The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH",
                "citations": [],
                "footnotes": [
                    "<div><!--block-->The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1984, p. 76<br><br></div><div><!--block--><br>,</div>"
                ],
                "date": "1982\u2013",
                "sortorder": 3
            }
        ],
        "find_spot": null,
        "related_works": [],
        "former_accession_numbers": [],
        "did_you_know": "From 1822 to 1847, the American Colonization Society colonized what became Liberia. Americo-Liberians (Congau) ruled until 1980. However, blacksmiths generally sourced brass for jewelry making from kettles or bullets brought by nearby French colonials from the 1890s onward.",
        "description": "Copper alloy bracelets and anklets historically signified a woman\u2019s married status. They were bonded to her in life and removed following death. A blacksmith cast these heavy adornments. Given their weight, their owner couldn\u2019t do domestic or farm work, showing others her privilege as a member of the elite leisure class. Slowed by this jewelry, her movements sent bells jingling in the hollow balls. Following a 1930s economic collapse, women stopped wearing the bracelets to take part in manual labor. At the same time, a national decree outlawed them; many were melted down.",
        "external_resources": {
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                "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q79933956"
            ],
            "internet_archive": []
        },
        "citations": [],
        "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1982.341",
        "images": {},
        "alternate_images": [],
        "creditline": "Gift of Willett Rankin Wilson, in memory of Audley R. and Edna Moore Wilson",
        "image_credit": null,
        "sketchfab_id": null,
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        "gallery_donor_text": null,
        "athena_id": 150934,
        "creators": [],
        "legal_status": "accessioned",
        "accession_date": "1983-03-07T00:00:00",
        "sortable_date": 1920,
        "date_added_to_oa": null,
        "date_text": "before 1927",
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        "on_loan": false,
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        "record_type": "cover",
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        "cover_accession_number": null,
        "is_nazi_era_provenance": false,
        "impression": null,
        "alternate_titles": [],
        "is_highlight": false,
        "updated_at": "2026-05-01 06:51:07.963000"
    }
}