Roll Of Writing Paper Folded Letter Paper And Envelope (Ganji; Ganjangi Wa; Bongtu)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 24 Feb 1886
name: label: Donor Name
content: Ensign U S N John B. Bernadou
notes: label: Notes
content: "Late 19th century. Mulberry bark. This roll of white mulberry bark paper holds a folded letter paper inside an envelope. Ganji or ganjangji refers particularly to the type of paper made for use as "letter paper." Korean paper is classified by differences in: the base material used; production process; use; size and thickness; and the locality of production. For a list of paper terminology, see (Pak, 1982: 601). Jeonju in South Jeolla Province is known for producing the best-quality letter paper (Ye, 1969: 296). Hough describes the fiber of the paper here as "long and silky," and makes the interesting statement that it is "used in writing to a distant place." Bernadou Field Notes 153 "Writing materials. Paper in a roll of the usual form. Torn off in lengths according to the size of the letter. Envelope of thick paper of common form for unofficial communications."Collected in Seoul. Ref: Hough Korean Catalog p. 440; Bernadou Field Notes 153; Exhibited USNM, Smithsonian Institution, 1886" [from: "An Ethnography of the Hermit Kingdom: The J.B. Bernadou Korean Collection 1884-1885", Chang-su Cho Houchins, 2004, number 114]
label: Record Last Modified
content: 14 Mar 2024
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
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: E77031-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Paper
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 23.7 cm
label: Width
content: 33.7 cm
label: Length
content: 23.7 cm
label: Width
content: 5.4 cm