Mourner's Headband (Pomang; Pomanggeon)
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. Woven hemp. This headband is customarily worn with white mourning hat and robes, and wooden shoes by those wishing to express grief for the death of parents and members of the royal family (see Kim, 1988b: 511; Seok, 1992a: 143 for designees allowed to wear white mourning costume). The ties are matching white cotton. Bernadou Field Notes 31 "P'omang or mourning band worn about the head. This is worn during the period of mourning in place of the mang-kon [manggeon]: both at home and when in the street, taking the place of the black head-band the mang-kon [manggeon] otherwise invariable." Bernadou appended two drawings showing the front and back views of the head. The rear view shows the string drawn up and around the topknot and passing through the bone rings behind the ears. Collected in Seoul. Ref: Hough Korean Catalog p. 454; Bernadou Field Notes 31" [from: "An Ethnography of the Hermit Kingdom: The J.B. Bernadou Korean Collection 1884-1885", Chang-su Cho Houchins, 2004, number 59]
label: Record Last Modified
content: 13 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: E77091-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Headband
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 58.4 cm
label: Width
content: 5.2 cm