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Source Description
In Korea, chopsticks made of metal such as brass, silver, and gold were excavated from ancient tombs and ruins dated to the 500s at the earliest. Burial goods often include utilitarian objects such as table wares and utensils because the dead were believed to need them in the afterlife.
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106020
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Pair of Chopsticks
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106020
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Pair of Chopsticks
description
In Korea, chopsticks made of metal such as brass, silver, and gold were excavated from ancient tombs and ruins dated to the 500s at the earliest. Burial goods often include utilitarian objects such as table wares and utensils because the dead were believed to need them in the afterlife.
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918–1392
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en
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Q79892198
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Tools and Equipment
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Overall: 20.3 cm (8 in.)
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Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392)
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1924.141
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bronze
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Pair of Chopsticks (청동 젓가락 [靑銅箸]), 918–1392. Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392). Bronze; overall: 20.3 cm (8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Educational Purchase Fund, 1924.141
titleInOriginalLanguage
청동 젓가락 [靑銅箸]
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Korean Art
didYouKnow
In contrast to the Chinese and Japanese, Koreans still prefer metal chopsticks (stainless steel and brass) to wooden ones.
citations
citation
<em>Goryeo Dynasty: Korea's Age of Enlightenment, 918-1392</em>. San Francisco: Asian Art Museum, 2003.
citation
Horlyck, Charlotte. "The Eternal Link: Grave Goods of the Koryŏ Kingdom (918-1392 CE)." <em>Ars Orientalis, </em>no. 44 (2014): 156–179.
citation
<em>Bronze in Life and Art</em> [삶과 예술 속. 청동 靑銅 이야기] National Cheongju Museum (2016).
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<em>Goryeo: The Glory of Korea </em>[대고려, 그 찬란한 도전]. Seoul: National Museum of Korea, 2018.
citation
Ch'a, Mi-rae, Kwi-suk An, Cleveland Museum of Art, and 국외소재문화재재단. <em>The Korean Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Edited by An Min-hŭi. First edition, English ed. Overseas Korean Cultural Heritage Series, 16. Seoul, Republic of Korea: Overseas Korean Cultural Heritage Foundation, 2021.
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Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 104
citation
Ahn, Kuisook. "The Significance of the Bronze Spoons in the Cleveland Museum of Art." In <em>The Korean Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Ch'a, Mi-rae, Kwi-suk An, Cleveland Museum of Art, 국외소재문화재재단, and An Min-hŭi, ed., 274–289. First edition, English ed. Overseas Korean Cultural Heritage Series, 16. Seoul, Republic of Korea: Overseas Korean Cultural Heritage Foundation, 2021.
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Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 275, fig. 1
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Educational Purchase Fund
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2026-05-29 05:42:10.662000
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106020
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Korean Art
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Korean Art
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bronze
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