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Eunjangdo, Woman's Silver Dagger and Chopsticks browse these categories for related items... All Items: Korean: Metalwork: Pre 1900: item #838081 Please refer to our stock #0268 when inquiring.
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| Eunjangdo, Woman's Silver Dagger and Chopsticks Set beautifully designed with Peonies (symbol of love), Chrysanthemums (for a fruitful life), Ducks and Cranes (for marital fidelity and bliss), lotus (purity), deer (longevity), and Clouds (Heaven). Eunjangdo, an ornamental dagger, was worn mostly by women of rank as a chest pendant and a symbol of their social standing. This dagger also served as a tool to save women from personal humiliation or peril, not by attacking an assailant but by killing themselves, under the Confucian moral obligation of medieval Korea 'to remain faithful to one spouse'. The silver chopsticks were used to detect poison in food. They are adorned with a peony leaf. A small silver cup with a lovely floral design is attached to the ring of the dagger's sheath. This very nice eunjangdo is much like the one in the The Collection of the National Folk Museum (page 72, photo 116). 6.25 inches, 16 cm. | ||