Brush-Hanger "Putkori"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 17 May 1988
label: Collection Date
content: 1983
name: label: Collector
content: Mrs. Lee Bum-Suk
label: Donor Name
content: National Museum of Korea
notes: label: Notes
content: CARVED AND VARNISHED WOODEN BRUSH HANGER. A ROPE DESIGN POST WITH A BASE IN THE SHAPE OF A TORTOISE. THE TOP IS A TIERED LOTUS DESIGN, BUT THE PETALS OF THE LOTUS ARE CARVED IN THE SHAPE OF TORTOISES WITH THE TORTOISE HEADS SERVING AS PEGS. THERE ARE 16 TORTOISE HEADS, 8 EACH ON 2 TIERS. THE TORTOISE IS CONSIDERED A DIVINE CREATURE, SPIRITUALLY ENDOWED THUS BEING THE BASE OF THE BEGINNINGS OF THINGS MUNDANE, AND IT IS ALSO A SYMBOL OF LONGEVITY.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Not Given, 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: 359508
label: USNM Number
content: E424670-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Brush Holder
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 51 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 17.5 cm
label: Length - Object
content: 27 cm