Padlock with key

Museum number:
9-22039a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210922039a@2cb
Alternate number:
BY.T-193 and T-193 (original number)
Object count:
2
Description:
This is a giant padlock and key used typically for the main door to a large monastery or government building.See: T-132, T-197, T-198. SEE Photograph: T-193
Collection place:
Tibet
Verbatim coll. place:
Tibet
Collector:
Theos C. Bernard
Materials:
Iron (metal) and Pigment
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Keys (hardware) and Padlocks
Function:
4.0 Use not specified (Structures and Furnishings)
Production date:
19th-20th century
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Padlock with key, accession number 9-22039a,b, described as This is a giant padlock and key used typically for the main door to a large monastery or government building.See: T-132, T-197, T-198. SEE Photograph: T-193Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Padlock with key, accession number 9-22039a,b, described as This is a giant padlock and key used typically for the main door to a large monastery or government building.See: T-132, T-197, T-198. SEE Photograph: T-193Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Padlock with key, accession number 9-22039a,b, described as This is a giant padlock and key used typically for the main door to a large monastery or government building.See: T-132, T-197, T-198. SEE Photograph: T-193

Tools