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    "core": {
        "objectID": 44794,
        "objectNumber": "1983.17",
        "primaryTitle": "Asafo Flag",
        "objectName": "flag",
        "dated": "ca. 1863",
        "classification": "Textiles",
        "department": "African Art",
        "medium": "appliqued and embroidered cloth",
        "dimensions": "Overall: 40 × 72 inches (101.6 × 182.9 cm)\r\nOverall (with fringe): 45 × 73 1/2 inches (114.3 × 186.7 cm)"
    },
    "provenance": {
        "creditLine": "Founders Society Purchase, Acquisitions Fund ",
        "provenance": "Dr. George Preston.\r\nAsafohene Kofi Mensah.\r\nthe family of Asafohen Obuokwan (\"Pathfinder\") Sam.\r\nPrinces Atta-Panyin and Atta-Kakra (alias Charlie and Edward Erskine), twin sons of the late King Arku or Arkrah.\r\n(Damon Brandt);\r\n1983-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)",
        "signed": "",
        "inscribed": "",
        "markings": ""
    },
    "creators": [
        {
            "displayName": "Fante, African",
            "role": "Artist",
            "nationality": "African",
            "bio": ""
        }
    ],
    "rights": [
        {
            "type": "Public Domain",
            "copyright": "",
            "creditLineRepro": "Fante, African, Asafo Flag, ca. 1863, appliqued and embroidered cloth. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Acquisitions Fund, 1983.17."
        }
    ],
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    "terms": [
        {
            "name": "Fante",
            "type": "styles and periods"
        },
        {
            "name": "appliqué",
            "type": "technique"
        },
        {
            "name": "embroidering",
            "type": "technique"
        },
        {
            "name": "cloth",
            "type": "material"
        },
        {
            "name": "net (textile)",
            "type": "subject"
        },
        {
            "name": "figures (representations)",
            "type": "subject"
        },
        {
            "name": "flag",
            "type": "work type"
        },
        {
            "name": "Ghana",
            "type": "modern"
        },
        {
            "name": "Gold Coast",
            "type": "place of use"
        },
        {
            "name": "birds",
            "type": "subject"
        },
        {
            "name": "fish",
            "type": "subject"
        },
        {
            "name": "Wayne County Community College District",
            "type": "Inside Out artwork"
        }
    ],
    "source": {
        "museum": "Detroit Institute of Arts",
        "objectURL": "https://dia.org/collection/44794"
    }
}