Storage Jar With Lid "Tok"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 14 Jan 1986
label: Collection Date
content: Aug 1981
name: label: Collector
content: Ralph Rinzler
label: Collector
content: Robert Sayers
label: Donor Name
content: Office Of Folklife Programs
notes: label: Notes
content: LARGE ROUND JAR WITH RED CLAY BODY AND BROWN GLAZE OVERALL. FLAT BASE, ROUNDED SIDES WITH CON- STRICTED MOUTH AND THICK LIP. DECORATED WITH 3 INCISED LINES AROUND CIRCUMFERENCE, PLUS 2 EMBOSSED RIDGES WHICH HAVE BEEN PRESSED IN 3 TIMES AT INTERVALS. LID IS FLAT CERAMIC DISK, WITH CENTRAL HANDLE BROKEN OFF. USED FOR GRAIN STORAGE. PURCHASED FROM YI POK-U, A FORMER POTTER. BROUGHT TO VILLAGE BY HIS GRANDFATHER WHO CAME FROM YONGIL-GUN, GIGAE-MYON. IT HAD BEEN IN THE FAMILY FOR AT LEAST 3 GENERATIONS. DURING THE JAPANESE COLONIAL PERIOD (1910-1945), THE POT WAS HIDDEN IN THE HOUSE BENEATH A CEMENT FLOOR TO KEEP FORAGING SOLDIERS FROM FINDING IT.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Kumjang-Ni Hyangog-Myon, Wolsong-Gun, Kyongsang Province (Northern), 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: 356614
label: USNM Number
content: E423165-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Jar
physicalDescription: label: Height - Lid
content: 2 cm
label: Diameter - Lid
content: 33 cm
label: Height - Including Lid
content: 55.5 cm
label: Diameter - Including Lid
content: 47 cm