Identification Tag
date: label: Accession Date
content: 10 Aug 1972
name: label: Donor Name
content: Virgil M Hillyer Fund
notes: label: Notes
content: Illustrated p. 69 in Taylor, Paul Michael, and Christopher J. Lotis. 2008. Flagship of a fleet: a Korea Gallery guide. Washington, D.C.: Asian Cultural History Program, Department of Anthropology, Smithsonian Institution. Identified there as Wood tag (Hopae); 8.9 x 2.2 cm; Translation from Chinese; An Jun; born 1870; earned the rank of chief of the office dealing with arms and war horses in 1888. In Joseon's ordered social structure, males 15 years or older wore tags with their name, birthplace, birth date, and level passed on government tests. The government used the tags to keep official records. An ivory tag indicated high rank.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 7 Jul 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: 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: 302848
label: USNM Number
content: E415031-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Identification Tag