Padlock and key

Museum number:
9-8395a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21098395a@2cb
Accession number:
Acc.4168
Description:
Padlock and key, iron, incised, with two yellow metal octagonal plates. a) lock incised with curvilinear design and yellow metal plates attached, U-shaped moveable bolt within E-shaped casing; b) key, flat rectangular iron device with flange at right angle on one end, and self-loop on other end serving as handle.
Donor:
Patricia Berger and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Oshpaz Bazaar, Kashgar, Xinjiang autonomous region
Verbatim coll. place:
China; Sinkiang Province; Kashgar; Oshpaz Bazaar
Collector:
Patricia Berger
Collection date:
September 1986
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Keys (hardware) and Padlocks
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Padlock and key, accession number 9-8395a,b, described as Padlock and key, iron, incised, with two yellow metal octagonal plates. a) lock incised with curvilinear design and yellow metal plates attached, U-shaped moveable bolt within E-shaped casing; b) key, flat rectangular iron device with flange at right angle on one end, and self-loop on other end serving as handle.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Padlock and key, accession number 9-8395a,b, described as Padlock and key, iron, incised, with two yellow metal octagonal plates. a) lock incised with curvilinear design and yellow metal plates attached, U-shaped moveable bolt within E-shaped casing; b) key, flat rectangular iron device with flange at right angle on one end, and self-loop on other end serving as handle.

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