Polished Stone Ornament
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1889
notes: label: Notes
content: Illustrated p. 50 in Taylor, Paul Michael, and Christopher J. Lotis. 2008. Flagship of a fleet: a Korea Gallery guide. Washington, D.C.: Asian Cultural History Program, Department of Anthropology, Smithsonian Institution. Identified there as Animal-shaped pendant; Stone; 6.9 x 10.3 cm; probably 5th-6th century. Collected for the Smithsonian in 1888, this object was said to have come from a hill-shaped tomb in southern Korea. The hole suggests that it may have been a pendant possibly hung from a belt. Some Korean scholars believe it represents a dragon, but like many ancient objects, its purpose and symbolism is debatable.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 7 Jul 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Korea, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
culture: label: Culture
content: Prehistoric
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 021859
label: USNM Number
content: A140910-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Ornament