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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