Wrapping Cloth (Bojagi)
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. Printed cotton. This large wrapping cloth made of coarse cotton has tying ribbons sewn on to each of its four corners. The ribbons are folded cotton bands. The cloth is printed in black with the ideographs su (long life) and bok (blessings) and a dragon and butterfly roundels. Large wrappers, like this one, accommodate bulky items either for storage or for carrying. Bojagi refers to a small wrapping cloth, often a patchwork type, which is also used for covering food on a tray or table. Both of these, either large or small, are square or rectangular. The materials and colors vary. Cotton, silk, and ramie pieces are decorated with embroidery, block printing, applique, painting and patchwork in geometric and floral designs... Collected in Seoul. Ref: Hough Korean Catalog p. 476; Bernadou Field Notes 44 " [from: "An Ethnography of the Hermit Kingdom: The J.B. Bernadou Korean Collection 1884-1885", Chang-su Cho Houchins, 2004, number 148]
label: Notes
content: From card: "Square piece of [handwoven] cotton [cloth], [block printed] in black. At each corner is sewn a strong band of folded cotton. 48 by 55 inches square. Wrapped around parcels carried by porters.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 16 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: E153613-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Cloth
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 122 cm
label: Width
content: 138 cm