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A Pair of Chopsticks

청동 젓가락 (靑銅箸)

918–1392
(918–1392)
bronze
Overall: 26 cm (10 1/4 in.)
General Income Fund 1918.518
Location: not on view
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In contrast to the Chinese and Japanese, Koreans still prefer metal chopsticks (stainless steel and brass) to wooden ones.

Description

In Korea, chopsticks made of metal such as brass, silver, and gold were excavated from ancient tombs and ruins dated to the 6th century 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.
A Pair of Chopsticks

A Pair of Chopsticks

918–1392

Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392)

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