Collection Highlights
Poems, Henricus Selyns
Date:
1659-1686
Object Number:
MSS.BV.Selyns
Medium:
Ink on paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Latch (fragment)
Object Number:
Z.921
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 1/4 x 1 7/8 x 1 in. ( 21 x 4.8 x 2.5 cm )
Marks:
written: in ink on tag: "Latch to the door of Ed Halsey's house at Sag."
Description:
Wooden latch handle; inscribed tag attached.
Gallery Label:
According to a note written on the paper wrapper in which this and other objects were found, it is a relic collected by Herbert D. Halsey, and was donated in 1941.
Credit Line:
Gift of Herbert D. Halsey
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
