Nametag
date: label: Accession Date
content: 17 Sep 1976
label: Collection Date
content: 1973 to 1974
name: label: Collector
content: Mr. C. P. Dredge
label: Donor Name
content: Virgil M Hillyer Fund
notes: label: Notes
content: Illustrated p.68 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 Ivory tag (Hopae); 10.8 x 2.8 cm; Translation from Chinese; Hong Gi-seop; born 1842; passed civil service exam in 1864. In Joseon's ordered social structure, males 15 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: South 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: 323959
label: USNM Number
content: E418342-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Nametag