Padlock and key
- Museum number:
- 9-22019a,b
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm210922019a@2cb
- Alternate number:
- BY.T-132a-f and T-132a-f (original number)
- Accession number:
- Acc.4737
- Description:
- Tibetan padlock(a) with key(b).
- Donor:
- Estate of G. Eleanore Murray, Estate of Theos C. Bernard, and Theos C. Bernard
- Collection place:
- Tibet
- Verbatim coll. place:
- Tibet
- Collector:
- Theos C. Bernard
- Materials:
- Bronze (metal) and Iron (metal)
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Keys (hardware) and Padlocks
- Function:
- 4.0 Use not specified (Structures and Furnishings)
- Production date:
- 19th-20th century
- Accession date:
- March 12, 2004
- Context of use:
- Note that the design of these keys and locks is quite different than that typical of Western padlocks.See: 9-22020a,b -9-22028a,b, 9-22040a-c, SEE Photograph: T-193
- Department:
- Asia (except western Russia)
- Images:
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