Ceremonial Banner

16813B

From: Korea

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Object Number 16813B
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Korean
Provenience Korea
Date Made 19th Century - 1893
Section Asian
Materials Cloth
Iconography Pal Gwae | Eight Trigrams | Bagua
Description

Eight trigrams palgwae/bagua 八卦 flag. Long cloth banner with red tassels at the top. The banner has a brown/purple background with symbols and lingzhi clouds with the Pal Gwae (팔괘) or Bagua (八卦) eight trigrams in the center. One edge has red and green stripes. The bottom is in white in a swallowtail shape.

Length 179 cm
Width 53 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Korean Commissioner, World's Columbian Exposition, 1893

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