국립중앙박물관 NATIONAL MUSEUM OF KOREA

Highlights
Korean-type Bronze Dagger
  • Nationality/Period

    Early Iron Age

  • Provenance

    Asan-si

  • Materials

    Metal - Copper Alloy

  • Category

    Military affairs - Warlike implements - Swords - sword

  • Dimensions

    L. 31.5cm, L. 28.5cm, L. 29.6cm, L. 26.2cm, L. 16.6cm, L. 21.2cm, L. 20.0cm, L. 4.7cm

  • Accession Number

    Sinsu 3489

These are Korean-type bronze daggers excavated from the archaeological site in Namseong-ri, Sinchang-myeon, Asan, Chungcheongnam-do. (A total of nine daggers were discovered.) The body and handle of the Korean-type bronze dagger were separately made, as was the case with the Liaoning-type bronze dagger. Compared to the Liaoning-type, however, its body was straighter and the indentation in the middle was sharpened to form joints. Along with the findings at the archaeological sites in Goejeong-dong, Daejeon and Dongseo-ri, Yesan, the relics excavated from Namseong-ri, Asan show the earlier features of the Korean-type bronze dagger culture established in the southwestern part of the Korean Peninsula.