ON THE
DEVELOPMENT AND DISTRIBUTION
OF
PRIMITIVE LOCKS AND KEYS.

Lieut.-General PITT-RIVERS, F.R.S.

ILLUSTRATED BY SPECIMENS IN THE PITT-RIVERS COLLECTION.

[The materials for this paper, together with the rest of the Museum, have been in course of Collection since the year 1851, and some of the specimens illustrated have been exhibited to the public at Bethnal Green and South Kensington for some years.]

LONDON:
CHATTO AND WINDUS, PICCADILLY.

1883.

LONDON:
HARRISON AND SONS, PRINTERS IN ORDINARY TO HER MAJESTY,
ST. MARTIN'S LANE.

ON THE
DEVELOPMENT AND DISTRIBUTION
OF
PRIMITIVE LOCKS AND KEYS.

ON THEDEVELOPMENT AND DISTRIBUTIONOFPRIMITIVE LOCKS AND KEYS.

ON THE
DEVELOPMENT AND DISTRIBUTION
OF
PRIMITIVE LOCKS AND KEYS.