an ordinary looking item (a moldy-looking old boot, empty drink can, a punctured football, an old newspaper or old rubber tire) that was enchanted to transport people from one location to another (GF6, 10, 32, 34, 35; OP22, 36; HBP23); Dumbledore turned an old kettle into a Portkey so that Harry and the Weasleys could go to number 12, Grimmauld Place, on the night of the snake attack on Arthur Weasley (OP22); Dumbledore turned the head of the wizard statue into a Portkey so that Harry could return to Hogwarts (OP36)