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1899.47.3

Wooden door lock with two slats or tumblers passing through the centre. Four large iron nail heads visible on top side. The top side of the lock has numerous holes indented in its surface, possibly from nails which have been removed. [LKG 26/05/2009]

1899.47.3

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Collection type
Object
Description
Wooden door lock with two slats or tumblers passing through the centre. Four large iron nail heads visible on top side. The top side of the lock has numerous holes indented in its surface, possibly from nails which have been removed. [LKG 26/05/2009]
Cultural groups
Danish
Person
Field collector Thomas Nelson Annandale
PRM source Thomas Nelson Annandale
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1899
Date collected
By 1899
Acquisition information
Donated: 1899
Materials and processes
Material Wood Plant, Process Carved
Dimensions
Height 265 mm, Height 60 mm, Width 225 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1899.47.3
Research and responses

For the donor's account of his visit to Føroyar [the Faroe Islands], see The Faroes and Iceland: Studies in Island Life, by Thomas Annandale (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1905). [JC 4 12 2014]

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