Key with tapered cylindrical shaft smallest at end with 1/16" square hole and largest at other end with a wire ring pierced through shaft end. Just inside wire ring end, a series of five grooves encircle the shaft and in the sixth, somewhat wider groove, a wire eight encircles the shaft providing an attachment to a fob.
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Shaker Museum Key. https://shakermuseum.us/object/?id=2589. Accessed on April 18, 2024
Curatorial Associate
Shane Rothe (they/them) joined Shaker Museum in July 2023, working with independent curator Maggie Taft on an exhibition for the new museum space in Chatham. Shane is an artist as well as a curator and continues to create in the mediums of painting, sculpture, writing, and performance. Shane holds a BFA from CalArts and an MA in art history and curatorial studies from the University of Chicago.
