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Undecorated Brass Padlock
Undecorated Brass Padlock
Object Number 991-12-60/15098
Display Title Undecorated Brass Padlock
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Yes (Chinese name)
Object Description Plain brass padlock. * Note: the brass key (catalogue #15102) found with the set of padlocks fits this one (upon insertion) rather perfectly. It does not, however, slide in all the way. <transliteration> (Chinese name). 9 cm. (?) x 2.3 cm. (?) x 3.4 cm. (h).
Inventory Description Lock, metal, bar lock, sliding rod, key hole one end
Classification
  • Lock
Department Ethnographic
Date late 19th century - early 20th century
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / China
Materials Brass
Dimensions Overall: 3.5 x 9 x 2.3 cm (1 3/8 x 3 9/16 x 7/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 991-12-60/15098
Provenance
Collector Sarah Pike Conger (1898 - 1905)
Donor Sarah Conger Buchan Jewell

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