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You are viewing a genuine Antique Circa late 19th Century, Original Nepalese Hindu Temple or Monestries Door Pad Lock from Kathmandu, Nepal. This Medieval cast iron temple door lock and key are very primitive, but amazingly it is fully functional and in working order. These locks have been hand cast in iron and beaten, are have been in use for well over 100 years until late 2010 when they were all systematically removed from all the temples in the Kathmandu Valley and beyond up into the mountainous trekking routes. These medieval locks were to be replaced with more modern and more secure locks and chains to stop the wooden Temples being looted, which continued up until before the earthquake 2015 when pretty much everything came to a standstill.
I saved these from being scrapped in early 2011 and brought as many as I could carry, as these are truly a piece of ancient history, most of these locks came from many the small temples surrounding the Kathmandu Durbar Square in front of the old royal palace of the ancient Kathmandu Kingdom. There are three Durbar squares (Durbar Square, which means Royal Squares in English) in the Kathmandu Valley, Kathmandu (Basantapur), Patan and Bhaktapur.
Very basic but also very strong but I imagine it would be easy to pick these primitive Padlocks. The key is not the sort of key that one would lose easily either. It has a long key that slides in to release a spring mechanism to unlock the long bolt that would be placed through both of the doors handles.
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CONDITION: This item is a genuine Antique, Circa 1890s, Pre-Owned and this is in Good Condition and is still working considering for its age and daily use over the last century. It has lots of wear, remnants of elaborate engraving around the body of the key lock and all-round surface rust from years of exposure to the elements, all testament to its age # Please note: The Photographs form part of the description; Super-sized photos can show up the finer details and condition.
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WEIGHT & MEASUREMENTS: Item is measured in both centimeters and inches that are rounded to the nearest quarter inch.
- WEIGHT: 2170 gm. approximately unpacked.
- LENGTH: LOCK: 30 cm / 12" (length of the long bolt) KEY:15.2 cm / 6"
- WIDTH: LOCK: 10 cm / 4" (at the triangular flat end) KEY:2 cm /¾" (at thumb pad) and 2 cm (at key end)
- DEPTH: LOCK: 14 cm / 5½" (from peg underneath up to the top of the long bolt) KEY: 2.5 cm /1" (at key end)
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