Comma-shaped Pendant / Artist Unknown, Korea

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Accession Number: 1983/1.152
Title: Comma-shaped Pendant
Artist: Artist Unknown, Korea
Artist Nationality: Korean
Medium and Support: nephrite
Object Creation Date: 5th century - 6th century
Credit Line: Museum purchase made possible by the Margaret Watson Parker Art Collection Fund
Period: Korea, Three Kingdoms (57 BCE-668)
Dimensions: 4.3 cm x 7.1 cm x 1.7 cm (1 11/16 in. x 2 13/16 in. x 11/16 in.)
Century: 6th century
Physical Description: It looks like a rescent, animal's tooth or fetus. There is a hole and some carved line on the head part.
Subject Matter: It was popularly used to make necklaces or as pendants attached to a crown or other accessories.
Primary Keywords: jades; pendants (jewelry)
Secondary Keywords: costume; costume accessories; costume accessories worn; jewelry; jewelry by form; objects we use; sculpture; sculpture by material; visual works; visual works by medium or technique
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Collection: University of Michigan Museum of Art
Image Size: 969 x 669
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Record: 1983/1.152
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Full citation: "Comma-shaped Pendant; Artist Unknown, Korea." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1983-sl-1.152/1983_1.152.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 06, 2024.