Passenger Vehicle
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1870
name: label: Donor Name
content: Department Of Anthropology
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "MODEL 1/6 SIZE. MADE IN MUSEUM WORKSHOP FROM DRAWINGS. MADE BY J. E. WATKINS. A TYPE FORMERLY USED IN ROYAL PROCESSIONS. BLACK WITH A SINGLE CHAIR, HAS ONE LARGE WHEEL WITH 32 SPOKES THAT SUPPORTS THE RIM, WITH TWO LONG CARRYING POLES WHICH WERE USED FOR PUSHING OR PULLING."
label: Notes
content: This appears to be a model of a choheon: "Another type of palanquin worth mentioning is the choheon, a peculiarly shaped sedan chair that was used by officials of the ministerial level or above. A seat was set high above a single wheel and supported by two long poles. Another pole was fastened across them at the front and back to be gripped by the porters. Invented during the reign of King Sejong (r. 1418–50), the choheon was a unique Korean version of a litter and sparked curiosity among visiting Chinese envoys who would be invited to try one for short distances." - p. 8 (with photo on p. 9) in Chung, Yeon-sik. "Noble Transportation in Gama." Korean Heritage, Winter 2018. http://www.koreanheritage.kr/resource/issue/43/title.pdf?v=33 .
label: Notes
content: J. E. Watkins may be John Elfreth Watkins Sr. (1852-1903), Curator of Mechanical Technology at the Smithsonian United States National Museum.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 26 Feb 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: 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: 70A00030
label: USNM Number
content: E181287-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Vehicle Model