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Description: | An ebony box with a hinged lid and a small key. The box is octagonal with two long sides, two hinges and a metal lock. The top and sides are decorated with borders inlaid with ivory, white metal, ebony and green and brown stone or coloured bone arranged in geometric patterns. On each side and the top is a carved panel with a vegetal design in relief. The lid also has a design of a dome roofed building. The key is made of iron alloy and is silver in colour. The bit is shaped and the cylindrical shaft has incised lines near the top. The bow is oval and is slightly shaped on the inner edge.
label: old exhibition label with black type and a blue and red border.
caption: General view of whole of Horniman Museum object no 758
caption: General view of label of Horniman Museum object no 758 | Publisher: | http://www.horniman.ac.uk/ | Rights holder: | Horniman Museum and Gardens | Subjects: | white metal wood keys (locks & enclosures) stone ivory boxes (containers) ebony iron | Source: | Horniman Museum | Identifier: | oai:oai.horniman.ac.uk:object-90738 | Go to resource |
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