Strap hinge, iron, ornamental, two-piece (each section “L” shaped, and joined by hinge); larger section of oval shaped, at 90 degrees to axis of hinge, with openwork incised design, including two human figures holding tail with hand; extended length 16 cm x width (of oval) 20 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)