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Lock for Chest

Korean

Artwork Details

Lock for Chest
Late 19th–early 20th century
Korean
metal
1 1/4 x 2 13/16 x 11/16 in. (3.1 x 7.1 x 1.7 cm)
Gift of Ok Ja Chang and the Chang Family
2009/2.59

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Description

Physical Description:

A large rectangular brass-colored metal bar lock, similar to a u-bar lock, meant to use as a lock for a chest.

This pipe-shaped lock is made of nickel. The key has been lost. The protruding part at the left end is decorated with six incised rings/

[Korean Collection, University of Michigan Museum of Art (2017), 246]

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