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13 Things 2008
Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology
Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology & the Ancient World
Brown University
Box 1837 / 60 George Street
Providence, RI 02912
Telephone: (401) 863-3188
Fax: (401) 863-9423
[email protected]
Door Knocker Survey
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1. Visual Description of Knocker:
2. How many people use your door knocker?
3. Do you think the door knocker is merely symbolic, or ornamental? Or is a practical object?
4. Is the door knocker original, or did you add it?
5. (If they added it) Where did you get it? Why did you choose this design?
6. (If it’s original) Do you think this knocker represents something about your home?
7. Do you like the Knocker? Do you think it adds character to your house?
10. If someone chooses to use the door knocker rather than the door bell or just knock on the door, does that change how you think about the person on the other side (is it more formal, somber, scary, polite, etc)?
11. Do you door knockers are archaic or traditional?
12. How do relate to your door knocker? Is it something you rarely think about, or is a sort of face for you home to the rest of the world?
Posted at Nov 09/2008 07:31PM:
caroline: Have you considered looking at the type of house the door knocker is on? Are there certain styles or eras of house that are more likely to have a door knocker? Or styles/eras that never have one?