KOREAN COLLECTIONS IN THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. 463 



Pipe bowl and mouthpiece. Of white metal ; stem, straight piece 

 of bamboo about a yard long, cleared of divisions by a long iron 

 drill. 



Seoul, Korea, 1885. 77041 



Collected by Ensign J. B. Beruadoii, U. S. Navy. 



Koreans are reported to be iuveraie smokers. "A little pouch is even huug to 

 the girdle of children, significant of their future proficiency in smoking," writes 

 the author of Choson. Mr. Rockhill has found them reckoning time by pijjes 

 of tobacco. The pipe is much larger than that of the Japanese. 



Pipe bowl and mouthpiece. Of brass; large bowl, 



Seoul, Korea, 1885. 77040 



Collected by Ensign J. B. Bernadou, U. S. Navy. 



Tobacco box (Tam-pai-ho-rap). Oblong, rectangular box of precious 

 serpentine of dark-green color, with yellow mottlings • lid and 

 box highly polished. Two compartments for holding different 

 kinds of tobacco. PL xxi, fig. 1 (commencing at the left). 



Length, 6^ inches; width, 4f inches; height, 4|^ inches. 



Seoul, Korea. 130846 



Collected by Dr. H. N. Allen. 



Tobacco box (Tam-pai-ho-rap). Oblong rectangular box finely wrought 

 from green serpentine. With cover. Highly polished. PI. xxi, fig. 

 2 (commencing at the left). 



Length, 6^ inches ; width, 4f inches ; height, 4^ inches. 



Dan chun City, Korea. . 130845 



Collected by Dr. H. N. Allen. 



Inlaid tobacco box (Tam-pai-ho-rap). Rectangular iron box inlaid 

 with silver; sliding lid; bolt for fastening; staple through which 

 a strap passes for carrying. The method of inlaying pursued is 

 to hack the surface of the iron, lay on the wire design and fasten 

 with i>ressure and hammering. The wide inlays are engraved. 

 PI. xxi, fig. 3 (commencing at the left). 



Size, 4x2fx2i inches. 



Seoul, Korea, 1885. 77038 



Collected by Ensign J. B. Bernadou, U. S. Navy. 



Design on the lid is Sang-hi, ''Long life and happiness" character; on end 

 mythcjlogical design of stork and tortoise; on sides deer browsing on leaves ; 

 the dead s])aies matted with stars and four-petalcd flowers; borders of Grecian 

 and other designs. The Korean silver inlaying is excellent and well-known 

 art work. 



Tobacco box (Tam-pai-ho-rap). Circular box with lid; made of a soft 

 reddish soap stone called hua-ban-suk. Turned on a reciprocating 

 dathe and polished with stone dust, a rough equisetaceous plant 

 (sok-sa), and oil. PI. xxi, fig. 4 (commencing at the left). 



Height, 3i inches; diameter, 4* inches, 



Fusan, Korea, 1884. * 151617 



Collected by P. L- Jouy. 



