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Combination Lock
(Islamic World )
This padlock has alphabetical combination marks, running on four revolving sections.
Combination locks were already known in the Seljuk period; they are found on 12th-century safe boxes.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1913, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Exhibitions
| 1982-1984 | The Heritage of Islam. Houston Museum of Natural Science, Houston; California Academy of Sciences Museum, San Francisco; Science Museum of Minnesota, St. Paul; Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Washington; Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn; Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto. |
| 1940 | Exhibition of Persian Art. Iranian Institute, New York. |
Geographies
Iran (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 4 3/4 × W: 1 5/16 × D: 11/16 in. (12 × 3.3 × 1.7 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1913
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
54.508