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In a campus bookstore burglary, investigators recover a distinctive engraved brass key bearing the inscription 'LIB-AMS' from the defendant's backpack. The bookstore owner testifies that the key fits the store's safe lock and that the key bears the store's inventory tag. The prosecution offers the key as Exhibit K to prove both the burglary and the instrumentality used to gain entry. (a) Identify which category of object evidence under Rule 130, Part A applies to Exhibit K and justify your choice. (b) State the controlling rule for admissibility of this category and apply it to determine whether Exhibit K should be admitted, addressing the issues of identification/ownership and relevance.