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Pipe key
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Pipe key

c. 1200 - c. 1400 · bronze (metal)

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

Pipe key with a handle consisting of an openwork square, of which a corner rests on the capital. The side corners are provided with eyelets and the top corner with a profiled torsal elevation, which must have served to hold something. The bit is formed from two alternating inner corners and ends in three teeth. An openwork cross is located in the handle and the bit.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
pipe key
Credit linePijpsleutel. c. 1200 - c. 1400. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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