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Lock for Chest

Korean

Artwork Details

Lock for Chest
Late 19th–early 20th century
Korean
metal
1 7/16 x 2 7/16 x 5/8 in. (3.6 x 6.1 x 1.5 cm)
Gift of Ok Ja Chang and the Chang Family
2009/2.61

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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 these were used for locking boxes and chests. Their keys have been lost. Each of their bodies was made by forging two plates before soldering them together.

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

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