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PASS KEY
Overview
Small, heavily corroded, metal key. Key for mortice lock with a thin, kidney shaped, metal hand grip at one end. The shank of the key tapers slightly where it joins the grip. Two flag levers at other end are damaged. The whole surface of the key is heavily corroded.
Historical information
Provenanced to Fremantle Prison
Details
Details
Registration number
cwa-org-89-1978.101
Item type
Material
Width
275 mm
Height or length
140 mm
Depth
10 mm
Contextual Information
The majority of the keys in the Fremantle Prison Collection where left on site when the Prison closed in 1991. Most are unable to be accurately dated since very few carry any maker’s marks, though it is believed they represent the whole of the Prison’s occupation.
Primary significance criteria
Historic significance
Artistic or aesthetic significance
Scientific or research significance
Social or spiritual significance
Comparative significance criteria
Interpretive capacity
Object’s condition or completeness
Rare or representative
Well provenanced
