Pair Of Square Chopsticks And Spoon (Jeotgarak Gwa Sutgarak)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 24 Feb 1886
name: label: Donor Name
content: Ensign U S N John B. Bernadou
notes: label: Notes
content: No catalog card found in card file
label: Notes
content: "Late 19th century. White brass Chopsticks. One uses chopsticks to pick up dry food and spoons for rice, stew-like dishes and soup. The Korean spoon has an oval and shallow receptacle with a long narrow handle, unlike that of Chinese or western versions. The size and material of chopsticks and spoons vary according to the user's sex, status and age. Hough's description adds that the spoon and chopsticks are made of white brass, baekdong, and used by the poor. His Korean consultants must have informed him that the wealthy use silver spoons and chopsticks. Another term, considered n10re refined, for spoon and chopsticks is sujeo. Bernadou Field Notes 20 "Spoon and chopsticks of brass. These are of the pattern in common use. The spoon is used only for rice [also for soup and dishes with broth]; the other food being picked up with chopsticks and prepared in such a manner as not to necessitate the use of a knife. In the use of the spoon the Koreans differ from the Chinese." Collected in Seoul. Ref: Hough Korean Catalog p. 444; Bernadou Field Notes 20" [from: "An Ethnography of the Hermit Kingdom: The J.B. Bernadou Korean Collection 1884-1885", Chang-su Cho Houchins, 2004, number 104]
label: Record Last Modified
content: 14 Mar 2024
label: Specimen Count
content: 3
place: label: Place
content: Seoul, South Korea, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 016970
label: USNM Number
content: E77042-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Chopstick/Spoon
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 20.4 cm
label: Length
content: 22.9 cm