Key

Museum number:
9-22032
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090022032
Alternate number:
BY.T-122 and T-122 (original number)
Description:
This is a large iron key for a Tibetan lock such as would be used on a monastery door padlock. It is hung on a leather thong attached to the iron key ring.
Collection place:
Tibet
Verbatim coll. place:
Tibet
Collector:
Theos C. Bernard
Materials:
Iron (metal) and Leather
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Keys (hardware)
Function:
4.0 Use not specified (Structures and Furnishings)
Production date:
19th-20th century
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Key, accession number 9-22032, described as This is a large iron key for a Tibetan lock such as would be used on a monastery door padlock. It is hung on a leather thong attached to the iron key ring.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Key, accession number 9-22032, described as This is a large iron key for a Tibetan lock such as would be used on a monastery door padlock. It is hung on a leather thong attached to the iron key ring.

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