Museo della Chiave - Berber keys

The Berbers lived in a vast area of North Africa between the Mediterranean Sea and the southern border of the Sahara and between the western border of Egypt and the Atlantic Ocean Their name means “free people” and they have strong links with their original traditions and are strong adversaries for any foreign conquerors. Influenced by the Arabian culture, they live in villages, in typical Mediterranean terraced buildings. Already in the X century, they used these wrought iron forged keys to open their doors: two of these keys are gaff keys, and one is a map key with five teeth that lift the corresponding pins in the lock.