Hat Ornament For Military Officer Or Royal Guard (Gongjak-U)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 24 Feb 1886
name: label: Donor Name
content: Ensign U S N John B. Bernadou
notes: label: Notes
content: Described on p. 483 of U.S. National Museum Annual Report for 1891. Identified there as : "Peacock Feather Ornament(Kong-tjang-mi). Bunch of feathers arranged in fan shape and inclosed in a lead swivel button pierced for suspension. Length, 8 inches. Seoul, Korea, 1885. Collected by Ensign J. B. Bernadou, U.S. Navy. The peacock feather in Korea and China is a sign of official rank or promotion. This ornament is worn by military officers and by soldiers of certain guards near the King."
label: Notes
content: "Late 19th century. Peacock feather. Here peacock plumes are arranged in the shape of a fan and inserted into a lead swivel button. The plumes are meant to be attached to the top of a jeollip, military hat (cat. no. 72). The peacock feather is a sign of official rank or promotion in Korea and China, as it symbolizes dignity and beauty (Eberhard, 1986: 229). Bernadou Field Notes 112 "...Peacock's feather ornament. Worn by military officers and by soldiers of certain guards near the King." Collected in Seoul. Ref: Hough Korean Catalog p. 483; Bernadou Field Notes 112" [from: "An Ethnography of the Hermit Kingdom: The J.B. Bernadou Korean Collection 1884-1885", Chang-su Cho Houchins, 2004, number 94]
label: Record Last Modified
content: 13 Mar 2024
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: 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: E77036-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Hat Ornament
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 27.8 cm