Isanrẹn
Description
Isanrẹn can be used to lock up rooms such as the aza emwin arhe. This is a vault or a storage room for valuables, for example money, ivory, artifacts, coral beads and clothes. Isanrẹn were cast in brass, which indicates that they were used within palaces. Others were made in a combination of iron and brass and would have been produced by both the Igun-Eronmwon and the Igun-Ematon. Some pieces may... Read more
Isanrẹn can be used to lock up rooms such as the aza emwin arhe. This is a vault or a storage room for valuables, for example money, ivory, artifacts, coral beads and clothes. Isanrẹn were cast in brass, which indicates that they were used within palaces. Others were made in a combination of iron and brass and would have been produced by both the Igun-Eronmwon and the Igun-Ematon. Some pieces may include coral or agate inlays, suggesting they would have been particularly important and possibly used only in Ọba Palace.
Isanren is the Edo term to describe both keys and key hooks.
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