Everyone in my family seems to like containers of all sorts--small wooden boxes, chests, decoupaged boxes, and tin containers of all types. This is an old money box I've had for years. I never lock it...of course, I also don't keep money in it, except during yard sales, but I don't hold them very often. Keys seem to offer a promise to something that is worth securing.
Here are the elements for IP 26:
1 - a key
2 - something old
3 - close up
The first element is a key. You can take this literally or metaphorically. If you go the metaphoric route, we'd appreciate it if you can offer up a convincing road map for it.
When we say something old we're referring to something that has existed for a long time. I know we're going to be asked to define 'a long time' (hell, given past IP experience, we're probably going to be asked to define 'exist'). So let's just say 'old' means something at least 20 years old. BUT the old thing cannot also be the key. You can have an old key, but the key must have a separate existence from the old thing (there's that 'exist' again).
The final element, close up, should be fairly self explanatory.