국립중앙박물관 NATIONAL MUSEUM OF KOREA

Highlights
Bronze Shield-Shaped Artifact
  • Nationality/Period

    Early Iron Age

  • Provenance

    Seo-gu

  • Materials

    Metal - Copper Alloy

  • Category

    religion - Folk belief - Belief of the village - shield-shaped bronze artefact

  • Dimensions

    L. 15.9cm

  • Accession Number

    Sinsu 1846

These shield-shaped bronze artifacts were excavated at the archaeological site in Goejeong-dong, Seo-gu, Daejeon. No one knows exactly what they were made for, although the general consensus is that they were used as ritual objects. The front face is decorated with bands of dotted rows arranged vertically at the center and along the edges. There are also four holes at the upper part whose inside parts are slightly worn, suggesting that the object was hung with a string tied through them.