Pocket Knife "Chumoni-K'Al"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1890
notes: label: Notes
content: TWO BLADES, IRON AND BRASS; HORN HANDLE WITH BRASS SPRING. THE TWEEZERS, OF BRASS, CLIP OVER THE OUTSIDE HANDLE. BRASS BLADE IS SAID TO BE USED FOR TRIMMING THE HAIR FROM THE CENTER OF THE SCALP TO MAKE THE QUEUE SET PROPERLY, AND THE TWEEZERS ARE TO REMOVE SUPERFLOUS HAIR. REF: HANDBOOK OF THE JOUY COLLECTION OF ANCIENT AND MODERN KOREAN AND CHINESE WORKS OF ART, NEW YORK, 1888; USNM REPORT FOR 1891, p. 461.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Dec 2014
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: 023753
label: USNM Number
content: E151611-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Knife
physicalDescription: label: Length - Open
content: 15.88 cm
label: Length - Closed
content: 8.9 cm