Carrying Or Sedan Chair; Palanquin "Kama; Sain'gyo"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 23 Feb 1894
name: label: Donor Name
content: Korean Commission, World Columbian Exposition
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "CARRYING CHAIR. SAIN'GYO, LIT. FOUR BEARER PALANQUIN. A SQUARE BOX, MADE OF WOOD, ON TWO WOODEN POLES. THE UPPER PART CONSTRUCTED WITH PAPERED WOODEN LATICE WORK, INTO WHICH FITTED ARE SLIDING GLASS PANELS. EMBELLISHED WITH BLUE, GREEN, AND RED FELT-LIKE FABRIC. "TWO MEN CARRY THE BOX, AND DIVIDE THE BURDEN BETWEEN THEIR ARMS AND BACKS BY MEANS OF YOKE WITH STRAPS THAT FIT OVER THE ENDS OF THE POLES." REF.: KUGO HAKSUP TOBO (A PICTORIAL GLOSSARY OF KOREAN TERMS). SEOUL: TAEYANG CH'ULP'ANSA, 1955, P. 36; CHOSON: THE LAND OF THE MORNING CALM, BY PERCIVAL LOWELL. BOSTON: TICKNOR AND COMPANY, 1886, P. 49.... CORRECTION, ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, AND DESCRIPTION BY HOUCHINS, 3-15-84. 4-2-1984: SENT TO MR. SAM-KYUN YOON FOR RESTORATION. 5-17-1987: RETURNED. (SEE ACC. FILE IN PROC. LAB FOR MORE INFO)."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 26 Feb 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Seoul, Gyeonggi Province, Korea, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Korean
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 027828
label: USNM Number
content: E169034-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Palanquin