Title |
Korean Folk Art: Furniture [004] |
Photo Number |
Box 42, Korea, Seoul, Folk Arts Museum, 26 |
Description |
Close-up photo of a large Korean wood chest with brass fittings on display in the Folk Art Museum in Seoul, Korea, in 1978. The brass fittings have the BaGua symbols (circular fitting at the middle) and Buddhist manji symbols (hinges) |
Creator |
Tierney, Lennox |
Date |
1978 |
Subject |
Furniture--Korea--Exhibitions--Photographs; Chests--Korea--Photographs; Museums--Korea--Photographs; Korea; Korea (South); Folk art; Furniture; Brass; Museums; Exhibitions; Antiques |
Keywords |
Seoul; Korean culture; Wooden chest; BaGua; Displays; Tierney |
Collection Name and Number |
P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection |
Holding Institution |
Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
Spatial Coverage |
Seoul (Korea) |
Caption on Slide |
Chest Folk Arts Museum Seoul, Korea. |
Additional Information |
Image was scanned from color slide. BaGua consists of eight symbols which represent the fundamental principles of Taoist cosmology. The Manji, in Buddhism, represents an ideal harmony between opposites. |
Type |
Image |
Rights Management |
This material may be protected by copyright. Permission required for use in any form. For further information please contact the Multimedia Archivist, Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah. |
Rights |
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ARK |
ark:/87278/s6ns1b36 |
Digitization Specifications |
Original scanned on Nikon Coolscan 5000 and saved as 2700 ppi TIFF. Display image generated in CONTENTdm as JP2000. |
Donor |
Lennox Tierney; Catherine Tierney |
Setname |
uum_lctpc |
ID |
333478 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6ns1b36 |