EXPLANATION OF PLATE XVM. 



Korean Domestic Appliances. 



(Upper figure.) 

 Fig. 1. Seam Iron. Bar of irou terminating in a shoe-sliaped head, set into a 

 wooden liandle. Rude, cliisel ornamentation on the har. Resemhles a 

 sohlering iron. Length, 12| inches. (Cat. No. 77026, U. S. N. M. Seoul, 

 Korea. Collected by Ensign J. E. Bernadou, U. S. N.) 



(Lower figure.) 



i'ig. 2. Ironing and Mangling Sticks. Hard wood, in shape of base-ball bats; 

 used for ironing or mangling clothes. Length, 16f inches; diameter, 1 

 inch. (Cat. No. 77027, U. S. N. M. Seoul, Korea. Collected by Ensign 

 J. B. Bernadou, U. S. N.) 



