Context (Production / use)
This lock is a qulida hagg mirwah 'arus, "a lock belonging to a bridal chamber" and is put on the outside of the bridal chamber but locked only on the bridal night. When the attendants etc have left, convention demands that the groom jump up at once and shoot the bolt on the inner side. Sometimes the name of the house is carved on the lock. It is unclear from the card and the Annual Report whether the item was collected for and bought on behalf of the Museum by Sergeant.
Event Date 1948
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card: 'Lock of 'ilb wood (qulida himr, pl.qawalid).'
Event Date 1948
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Qulida himr mirwah 'arus. Bridal chamber lock made by 'Umar Ba Hashwan. Wooden pin tumbler lock with case [.1], bolt [.2] and key [.3]. Rectangular case with a carved border at the top, two drilled holes and a carved geometric decoration; rectangular bolt with a carved geometric decoration at one end and multiple grooves at the other; key with nine pegs attached to the head and a straight handle decorated with bands of grooves; internal mechanism of nine pins which fall from the case into the bolt when locked.
Event Date 6/6/2023
Author: Katrina Dring

Context (Analysis)
Ilb is a buckthorn tree, genus Rhamnus.
Event Date 6/6/2023
Author: Katrina Dring