Ordersign

Museum number:
7-1123
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21070001123
Alternate number:
103 (previous number (donor's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.71
Description:
Ordersign (lodge degree emblem); gilded bronze; large 8-pointed Maltese cross with circle in center; crown with hanging ring on top, an eye underneath; carpenter tool symbols alternate with 5-pointed stars; designs on both sides; crude workmanship; corroded; height 6.5 cm, width 5 cm
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Sweden
Verbatim coll. place:
Sweden att. (Erda Labuhn 8-1-1962)
Collector:
Axel O. Lindstrom
Collection date:
1902
Materials:
Bronze (metal) and Gold (metal) (gilded)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
3.1 Status Objects and Insignia of Office
Accession date:
February 12, 1903
Context of use:
Ordersign (lodge degree emblem); Tinnerman's order (carpenter?), 3rd degree.
Department:
Europe and western Russia (except Classical Mediterranean)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Ordersign, accession number 7-1123, described as Ordersign (lodge degree emblem); gilded bronze; large 8-pointed Maltese cross with circle in center; crown with hanging ring on top, an eye underneath; carpenter tool symbols alternate with 5-pointed stars; designs on both sides; crude workmanship; corroded; height 6.5 cm, width 5 cmHearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Ordersign, accession number 7-1123, described as Ordersign (lodge degree emblem); gilded bronze; large 8-pointed Maltese cross with circle in center; crown with hanging ring on top, an eye underneath; carpenter tool symbols alternate with 5-pointed stars; designs on both sides; crude workmanship; corroded; height 6.5 cm, width 5 cmHearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Ordersign, accession number 7-1123, described as Ordersign (lodge degree emblem); gilded bronze; large 8-pointed Maltese cross with circle in center; crown with hanging ring on top, an eye underneath; carpenter tool symbols alternate with 5-pointed stars; designs on both sides; crude workmanship; corroded; height 6.5 cm, width 5 cmHearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Ordersign, accession number 7-1123, described as Ordersign (lodge degree emblem); gilded bronze; large 8-pointed Maltese cross with circle in center; crown with hanging ring on top, an eye underneath; carpenter tool symbols alternate with 5-pointed stars; designs on both sides; crude workmanship; corroded; height 6.5 cm, width 5 cm
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Ordersign, accession number 7-1123, described as Ordersign (lodge degree emblem); gilded bronze; large 8-pointed Maltese cross with circle in center; crown with hanging ring on top, an eye underneath; carpenter tool symbols alternate with 5-pointed stars; designs on both sides; crude workmanship; corroded; height 6.5 cm, width 5 cm

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