Mulberry Bark Sheet Of Paper (Hanji)
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. This thick, unglazed sheet of paper is made from mulberry bark, customary throughout Asia. Hough characterizes it as "very tough, even with the grain tearing with great difficulty and running in wide shells." He also comments, "Korean paper is even tougher than the Japanese, and is one of the few Korean things that had made a reputation in the world before its home had become truly a part of the community of nations. [Citing Percival Lowell, 1886: 314-15] It is used in several thicknesses to make armor and was exported to Japan for that purpose, also to China, where it is now used for garment linings. Used in civil service examinations. Taken in payment of tribute by the Government and generally used as currency by the people." Both Hough and Bernadou devote detailed paragraphs to the techniques of Korean paper making."...Collected in Seoul. Ref: Hough Korean Catalog p. 440; Bernadou Field Notes 88" [from: "An Ethnography of the Hermit Kingdom: The J.B. Bernadou Korean Collection 1884-1885", Chang-su Cho Houchins, 2004, number 113]
label: Record Last Modified
content: 14 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: E77069-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Paper
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 111.2 cm
label: Width
content: 75 cm