Cap For Civil Or Military Official (Tanggeon)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 24 Feb 1886
label: Collection Date
content: Feb. 23, 1886
name: label: Collector
content: Ensign U S N John B. Bernadou
label: Donor Name
content: Ensign U S N John B. Bernadou
notes: label: Notes
content: Horsehair. Described on p. 456 of Hough's article in USNM Annual Report for 1891; illustrated on pl. XIX, fig. 3.
label: Notes
content: "Late 19th century. Horsehair. The shape of this double-tier cap is similar to that of the official hat with a high dome, samo i:HJH (cat. no. 66), but the gauze-like loose weaving of the cap is distinctive. It is an informal cap worn indoors by aristocrats. It is worn over a headband (manggeon, cat. no. 53) or under a black horsehair hat (gat cat. no. 67) (Kiln, 1988b: 492). As Jenings observes (1904: 162), "The Korean is never hatless, when in the house his head is covered with a gauze skull-cap (ibid: 160, figure 18), which is considered en deshabille, only intimate friends seeing it worn, and to appear with it on the street would be the height of impropriety." Bernadou Field Notes 8 "... Worn by all officers in the government service, and by those who have been in service. Also allowed as a distinction to those who have passed the first grade in the literary and military examinations. This cap is worn when at home or in-doors by all officers, a few of the lower grades of attendants at the 'ya-ma's' [yamens; amuns] or official homes, such as upper policemen, being alone excepted." Collected in Seoul. Ref: Hough Korean Catalog pi. XIX, middle fig. 3; Bernadou Field Notes 8" [from: "An Ethnography of the Hermit Kingdom: The J.B. Bernadou Korean Collection 1884-1885", Chang-su Cho Houchins, 2004, number 70]
label: Record Last Modified
content: 13 Mar 2024
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Seoul, South Korea, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Not Given
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 016970
label: USNM Number
content: E77056-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Hat
physicalDescription: label: Width - Object
content: 19.1 cm
label: Height
content: 13 cm
label: Diameter
content: 18.5 cm