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        "tombstone": "Continuous Mile, 2006\u20138. Liza Lou (American, b. 1969). Cotton and glass beads; overall: 1.9 x 160934.4 cm (3/4 x 63360 in.); installed: 78.7 x 195.6 cm (31 x 77 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Scott C. Mueller and Margaret Fulton Mueller and John L. Severance Fund, 2009.2. \u00a9 Liza Lou",
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        "copyright": "\u00a9 Liza Lou",
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                    "description": "Main Gallery Rotation (gallery 229): April 21, 2009 - March 30, 2010; July 23, 2012 - December 12, 2012.",
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        "description": "Liza Lou gratefully acknowledges the artisans in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, who worked with her in the making of Continuous Mile: Mzi Shangaze, Nomusa Bailey, Tryphina Bailey, Sphilile Bhengu, Mlungisi Gumede, Nonhlanhla Gumede, Thandazile Gwala, Zanele Gwala, Bangiwe Khawula, Nokuthula Linda, Sindi Lushaba, Sipho Lushaba, Ntombi Luthuli, S\u2019bonelo Madiba, Thulisile Madiba, Pinky Makhoba, Buhle Mbele, Sinekhaya Mbele, Zandile Mbele, Nozibele Mbele, Lubabalo Mbele, Fikile Mbhele, Lucky Mbongwa, Mafika Mbongwa, Ntombizodwa Mlelese, Nomaswazi Molapo, Thembisile Moto, Palesa Muntu, Lucy Ndlovu, Sindi Ndlovu, Nokuthula Ngidi, Nqobile Ngidi, Slindile Nglamu, Sha Ngobo, Nsele, Cebisisle Nyanda, Vuyiswa Nxele, Dooi Polaki, Buzephi Shangaze, Nokuthula Shinga, Ncamsile Sithole, Zanele Shinga, Philile Thango, and Philisile Zwane.",
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                "citation": "Sparks, Amy. \"Contemporary Context.\" <em>Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine</em> 49, no. 5 (May/June 2009): 8-9.",
                "page_number": "Mentioned and reproduced: p. 9",
                "url": "https://archive.org/details/CMAMM2009-05/page/8/mode/2up"
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                "citation": "Mann, C. Griffith. \u201cAcquisitions 2009.\u201d <em>Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine</em> 50, no. 2 (March/April 2010): 12-27.",
                "page_number": "Mentioned and reproduced: p. 13",
                "url": "https://archive.org/details/CMAMM2010-02/page/n11/mode/2up"
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                "citation": "Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014.",
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