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Iofe, Veniamin Viktorovich

Metal grille

1920s - 1930s, Solovetskii camp

1920s - 1930s, Solovetskii camp, Muksalma island

Metal

56cm x 64cm; bar diameter - 2cm; diameter of holes for fixing the grille - 1,5 см; length of pins - 10 см

Metal grille for a window, welded from two horizontal and three transverse metal bars. The bars are formed from forged, rolled iron. The last 8cm of each end of the bars are bent under at a right angle. The ends of the bars widen out and have round holes for the iron pins that attach the grille. On one side of the grille these three pins are preserved. The grille was painted- traces of primer and paint are visible. It is not possible to ascertain the colour of the paint. There are traces of plaster on the ends of the preserved pins.

The paint has almost entirely come off, there are traces of corrosion at the points where the bars were welded together.

The grille was found on Muksalma island in the Solovetskii archipelago by members of an RIC "Memorial" expedition in 2000 (expedition leader- V.V. Iofe).