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        "title": "Krishna's Butter Ball, Mahabalipuram",
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        "department": "Photography",
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        "measurements": "Image: 15.3 x 10.8 cm (6 x 4 1/4 in.); Paper: 15.3 x 10.8 cm (6 x 4 1/4 in.)",
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                {
                    "id": 379162,
                    "title": "Life and Exploits of Krishna in Indian Paintings",
                    "description": "<i>Life and Exploits of Krishna in Indian Paintings</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 1, 2021-February 6, 2022).",
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                "description": "(Pump Park Vintage Photography, Ltd.,  Downpatrick, United Kingdom)",
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                "description": "Barbara L. Tannenbaum, Beachwood, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art",
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                "date": "2015\u20132019",
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        "did_you_know": "It was popular during the early 1900s to tone silver gelatin photographs with gold to give them a warm glow.",
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        "description": "Mahabalipuram is a site on India\u2019s southeastern coast where numerous rock-cut temples and sculptures were carved during the early 600s. The site includes a remarkable, naturally occurring boulder that became known popularly as Krishna\u2019s Butter Ball, thereby merging a geological phenomenon with sacred narrative. If baby Krishna could crawl while holding this monolith as effortlessly in his hand as a ball of butter, he must be a magnificently powerful god. <br><br>Colonial-era tourists enjoy their excursion to the site with no indication that they recognized its sanctity. Photographs such as this would have been sent back to Britain for viewers to marvel at the landscape of India.",
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