id: 97456 accession number: 1917.1030 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1917.1030 updated: 2022-01-04 14:41:27.267000 Topknot Pin, 918-1392. Korea, Goryeo period (918-1392). Silver; overall: 5.1 cm (2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1917.1030 title: Topknot Pin title in original language: 은제 도금 동곳 (銀製鍍金銅串) series: series in original language: creation date: 918-1392 creation date earliest: 918 creation date latest: 1392 current location: creditline: Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust copyright: --- culture: Korea, Goryeo period (918-1392) technique: silver department: Korean Art collection: Korean Art type: Metalwork find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 5.1 cm (2 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: This bronze hairpin was for a man to fix his topknot. digital description: Metallurgy advanced remarkably in the Goryeo period (918-1392), explaining why a large quantity of sophisticated metal artifacts were used not only as daily accessories but also as burial goods. Men put their hair in a knot at the top of their heads. To keep their long hair from falling, a bronze pin such as this one was used. wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Goryeo: The Glory of Korea [대고려, 그 찬란한 도전]. Seoul: National Museum of Korea, 2018. page number: url: Goryeo Dynasty: Korea's Age of Enlightenment, 918-1392. San Francisco: Asian Art Museum, 2003. page number: url: Choi, Eung-chon. “Craftsmen in Metal Arts in the Goryeo Dynasty [고려시대 金屬工藝의 匠人].” Misulsahak yeongu (2004): 171-192. page number: url: http://www.dbpia.co.kr/journal/articleDetail?nodeId=NODE00996932 Choi, Eung-chon. “Metal Arts in the Late Goryeo Period [고려후기의 금속공예].” Kangjwa misulsa (2004): 125-156. page number: url: http://www.dbpia.co.kr/journal/articleDetail?nodeId=NODE09054886 The spirit of Goryeo in metalcrafts [금속공예에깃든고려인의삶]. Seoul: Jeju National Museum and National Cheongju Museum, 2011. page number: url: Kim, Moon-ja. "A Study on the Ornaments in Goryeo Dynasty [고려 시대 장신구에 대한 연구]." Journal of Korean Traditional Costume 15, vol. 3 (December 2012): 5-21. page number: url: http://www.dbpia.co.kr/journal/articleDetail?nodeId=NODE02065534 Horlyck Charlotte. "The Eternal Link: Grave Goods of the Koryŏ Kingdom (918-1392 CE)." Ars Orientalis, no. 44 (2014): 156-79. page number: url: http://www.jstor.org/stable/43489802 Bronze in Life and Art [삶과 예술 속. 청동 靑銅 이야기] National Cheongju Museum (2016). page number: url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1917.1030/1917.1030_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1917.1030/1917.1030_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1917.1030/1917.1030_full.tif