key and chain of 14 links; at top of key is a Janus head of an Oba with an arm going down each side to grasp the tail of a leopard; the leopard is shown devouring a goat; imitations of the heads of screws decorate the handle, around which, where it joins the stem, is a coral-bead collar with, on it in low relief, 2 human and 2 leopard heads; above the collar, in relief, are lips and the end of a nose; the stem or body of the key has patterns chased on it - see potograph on back of catalog card; see accession jacket for additional information; Dimensions: L (of chain and key) = 38.3 cm; 15 1/8"; L (of key) = 18.7 cm; 7 3/8"
Courtesy of: C. J. Philipp. (c) Field Museum of Natural History. CC BY-NC 4.0. https://mm.fieldmuseum.org/9b8a5aef-69be-4024-adfa-92a1e32e0404 (accessed on 14 Jun 2021)
Courtesy of: C. J. Philipp. (c) Field Museum of Natural History. CC BY-NC 4.0. https://mm.fieldmuseum.org/b807128a-181b-4580-8049-86759422498c (accessed on 11 Oct 2021)
Courtesy of: J. Balodimas. (c) Field Museum of Natural History. https://mm.fieldmuseum.org/8406f660-81e5-4d01-8ad3-ddcbd034e0d1 (accessed on 26 Oct 2021)
Courtesy of: A. Hercules, C. J. Philipp, J. W. Kennedy. (c) Field Museum of Natural History. CC BY-NC 4.0. https://mm.fieldmuseum.org/417706b8-a212-47f6-932d-9c4ddb32578d (accessed on 13 Jan 2022)