Title:
Mode of Inserting the Key
Note:
“This kind of lock and key . . . is common among the Ambo branch of the Mang’anja (living between the Ruo junction and the sea), and is a wooden key about a foot long, with three teeth: it is passed in between the wall-post and upright door-stick (kapambi) inside, and the teeth fit into notches and lift the bolts; only the Ambo can make them and they lock their door thus behind them, carrying the key with them when they go to any short distance from their house” (Weule and Werner, p.263.)
Source:
Weule, J. K. Karl, and Alice Werner. 1909. Native Life in East Africa: the results of an ethnological research expedition. Translated by Alice Werner. London: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons., p.263. Book at Google
Subject:
Architectural elements - Locks - Key
Rights:
Public Domain
Date:
1909
Image:
SA-ARCEL-9
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