Wooden Door Lock with Iron Key
date: label: Accession Date
content: 6 Aug 2002
label: Collection Date
content: 1969 to 1970
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Labelle Prussin
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Labelle Prussin
notes: label: Notes
content: 2 parts: wooden door lock and iron key. Lock is incised with lines and X's on the outside. Inside is plain, with iron pins. The key is a flat piece of metal, bent at the end, with teeth cut into it. Donor says that it was on the door of the house of the master mason, De Sao, with whom she was working. She swapped a European metal padlock for it, and he "pulled it off the door with great delight and gusto." The "nails" with which it was fastened to the door are still attached, and the lock still works with the key.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 4 Jan 2016
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Djenne, Mali, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2023032
label: USNM Number
content: E431562-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Lock / Key
physicalDescription: label: Length - Lock
content: 25 cm
label: Width - Lock
content: 26.5 cm
label: Height - Lock
content: 7 cm
label: Length - Key
content: 19.5 cm
label: Width - Key
content: 1.8 cm