Mourner's Head Ring (Sujil)
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. Rice straw covered with twisted hemp. The straw ring is covered by twisted hemp cloth. It is worn by male mourners with their caps, dugeon (cat. no. E77089) and crown-like headdresses, gulgeon (cat. no. E77085). Female mourners also wear the sujil. Collected in Seoul. Ref: Hough Korean Catalog pl. XVIII, fig. 1; Bernadou Field Notes 30" [from: "An Ethnography of the Hermit Kingdom: The J.B. Bernadou Korean Collection 1884-1885", Chang-su Cho Houchins, 2004, number 57]
label: Record Last Modified
content: 13 Mar 2024
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
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: E77088-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Head Ring
physicalDescription: label: Diameter
content: 16.6 cm