figure(목인
木人)
- Museum number
- 1990,1114.7
- Description
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Figure of a man seated on a tiger, holding a club. Part of the top of a funeral palanquin. Made of wood, carved and painted in bright colours.
- Production date
- 20thC
- Dimensions
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Height: 32 centimetres
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Length: 30 centimetres
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Width: 8.30 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- 2016 National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage catalogue entries:
'This wooden funerary figurine, called “ggokdu”, was fixed on a decorative bier that lead the deceased on the last journey. Riding on a tiger’s back, wearing a red hat and holding a bat in his hands, the man is a representation of the messenger of death from the underworld. His legs are movable and his torso is detachable.'
'상여에 꽂아 죽은 이를 저승으로 인도하는 나무 인형으로 꼭두라고도 한다. 붉은 모자에 방망이를 들고 호랑이 등을 탄 저승사자로 양다리를 움직일 수 있도록 했으며 허리 부분도 떼어서 끼울 수 있도록 원형 막대가 끼워져 있다.'
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1990
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- 1990,1114.7
