Hinge half, iron, ornamental, flat, rectangular; ornate incised openwork hinge plate with floral and scroll design and four male human heads in pairs, facing each other; hinge plate attached to gudgeon with rivets; length (plate) 40.5 cm x width (including gudgeon) 19 cm
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany
Verbatim coll. place:
Nuremberg; Germany
Culture or time period:
Bavarian
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Materials:
Iron (metal) and Metal
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Hinges (hardware)
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
1903
Department:
Europe and western Russia (except Classical Mediterranean)
Loans:
S1957-1960 [XXX Wellington]: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (1957–1960)