Lock

Korea

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 233

Created for security, locks are interesting objects in their melding of function and design. The keyhole on the front and its shape is an adaptation from the more common locking method of a flat, L-shaped lock inserted on the short-side of the lock on the right and push out the ㄷ-shaped shackle. Instead of sliding the key inside the lock’s body, the key’s flat claw-like tip is inserted and slides along the front to push open the shackle.

Lock, Copper alloy, Korea

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