keys (locks & enclosures)

General view of whole of Horniman Museum object no 2007.142.2
General view of whole of Horniman Museum object no 2007.142.2
General view of whole of Horniman Museum object no 2007.142.2 General view of whole of Horniman Museum object no 2007.142.2

Set of three keys on a ring. Two are rectangular with two-thirds covered by rectangular brass plates. At the bottom there is a rectangle shape cut out of each key. The third key is smaller than the other two and different shaped. It is wider at one end than the other and made of a single material.

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
2007.142.2
Date
before December 2005
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 88 mm x 10 mm x 19 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
iron; brass
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
LOCATION
On display: Horniman Museum > World Gallery > Africa > Tuareg - people of the void
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