Preferred label

Removable lock                

Alternative label

Scope note

A lock which can be removed from a letterpacket without having to tear or break it. Removable locks can be removed and reused, and are not tamper-evident.          

Parent concept

Lock        

uh-linked-data/concept/309        

Related concept   

Distinctive letterlocking style        

uh-linked-data/concept/104

The Arts & Architecture ThesaurusⓇ Online, The Getty Research Institute. Concept uri

Not in AAT       

The Language of Bindings Thesaurus (LoB) Concept uri

Not in LoB

Scope note source reference

Source

Jana Dambrogio, Daniel Starza Smith, and the Unlocking History Research Group. Letterlocking, The Hidden History of the Letter. Cambridge and London: MIT Press, 2025.

Unlocking History Concept uri

uh-linked-data/concept/424