id:			97481
accession number:	1917.1050
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1917.1050
updated:		2022-01-04 14:41:31.412000

Clasp, 918–1392. Korea, Goryeo period (918-1392). Bronze gilt; overall: 3.9 cm (1 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1917.1050

title:				Clasp
title in original language:	금동대구 (金銅帶鉤)
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creation date:			918–1392
creation date earliest:		918
creation date latest:		1392
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creditline:			Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust
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culture:	Korea, Goryeo period (918-1392)
technique:	bronze gilt
department:	Korean Art
collection:	Korean Art
type:		Metalwork
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measurements: Overall: 3.9 cm (1 9/16 in.)
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fun fact: 
The Japanese antique dealer Yamanaka & Company, which opened its branches in New York (1895) and Boston (1899), sold small Korean archaeological materials such as this bronze ornament to American collectors in the early 20th century.

digital description: 
Both everyday objects and ornaments such as this belt ornament were standard for Goryeo-period (918-1392) burial goods. Furnishing tombs with an elaborate assemblage of objects was believed to honor and comfort the newly dead. Generally, Goryeo tombs were left untouched until the late 19th century. During the colonial period (1910–45), however, Japanese archaeologists aggressively excavated the tombs located in Kaeseong, the former capital of the Goryeo period. Highly possibly came from one of those excavated tomb sites, this bronze ornament evokes a memory about the colonized Korea (1910-1945).

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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Choi, Eung-chon. “Metal Arts in the Late Goryeo Period [고려후기의 금속공예].” <em>Kangjwa misulsa</em> (2004): 125-156.
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	url:		http://www.dbpia.co.kr/journal/articleDetail?nodeId=NODE09054886

	Choi, Eung-chon. “Craftsmen in Metal Arts in the Goryeo Dynasty [고려시대 金屬工藝의 匠人].” <em>Misulsahak yeongu</em> (2004): 171-192.
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	url:		http://www.dbpia.co.kr/journal/articleDetail?nodeId=NODE00996932

	<em>Goryeo Dynasty: Korea's Age of Enlightenment, 918-1392</em>. San Francisco: Asian Art Museum, 2003.
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	Kim, Moon-ja. "A Study on the Ornaments in Goryeo Dynasty [고려 시대 장신구에 대한 연구]." <em>Journal of Korean Traditional Costume </em>15, vol. 3 (December 2012): 5-21.
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	url:		http://www.dbpia.co.kr/journal/articleDetail?nodeId=NODE02065534

	<em>Goryeo: The Glory of Korea </em>[대고려, 그 찬란한 도전]. Seoul: National Museum of Korea, 2018.
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