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Lock for Chest

Korean

Artwork Details

Lock for Chest
Late 19th–early 20th century
Korean
metal
1 1/8 x 2 1/16 x 5/8 in. (2.8 x 5.1 x 1.5 cm)
Gift of Ok Ja Chang and the Chang Family
2009/2.60

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Physical Description:

A large rectangular metal bar lock, similar to a u-bar lock fitted with a key made up of two metal strips in the shape of a wedge, meant to use as a lock for a chest.

Pipe-shaped locks such as this one were used for locking boxes and chests. The body is original, while the shackle has been newly made. The key has been lost.

[Korean Collection, University of Michigan Museum of Art (2017), 245]

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