482 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1891. 



Sword (Hwan-do). Hilt aucl scabbard of hard wood with elegant 

 fretted, foliated carving, illustrating the ten long lives, viz, sun, 

 moon, swans, deer, etc. Mounted with copper gilt fittings; spring 

 in hilt holds sword in place. Blade, curved. PI. xxx, lower figure. 



Lengtli, 25A inches; blade, 17J iiiche.s. 



Seoul, Korea. 151601 



Collected by P. L. Jouy. 



Worn by all officers in uuiforui. Such swords are made to order in the dis- 

 tricts of Jun-ju and Na-ju. 



Matchlock gun (Chong). Short stock of hard wood; octagonal 

 barrel ; smooth bore. Match of twisted tow. PI. xxxi. 



Length, 4 feet. 



Seoul, Korea. 151280 



Collected by W. W. Rockhill. 



Held upon the shoulder when firing, not against it. These guns were used in 

 Korea from about three hundred years ago up to 1881. Some troops still are 

 armed with them. 



Priming horn (Oui-iak-tong). Tip of a horn with orifice closed by a 

 spring of horn. PI. xxxi, fig. 1, lower line (commencing at the left). 



Length, 3f inches. 



Korea, 1871. 72899 



Collected by Wm. B. Brooks, U. S. Navy. 



Resembles the Burmese primer. (See Jour. Society of Arts, Jan. 26, 1886, 

 p. 351.) A relic of the skirmish of June, 1871. 



Bullet bag (Chong-al-nut-mm-gut). Two thicknesses of coarse cot- 

 ton. The bullets are sprung out from a bird's bill device. PI. xxxi, 

 fig. 2, lower line (commencing at the left). 



Length, 9 inches. 



Korea, 1871. 72898 



Collected by Wm. B. Brooks, U. S. Navy. 



Trophy of the engagement of June, 1871. 



Powder case and charger (lak-tong). Octagonal box of Jastropha 

 curcas wood, in rude imitation of a turtle. The charger, an ivory- 

 tube, slides into a recess in front of the case. PI. xxxi, fig. 3, lower 

 line (commencing at the left). 



Length, 6^ inches; width, 4^ inches; height, 2i inches. 



Korea, 1871. 72900 



Collected by W. B. Brooks, U. S. Navy. 



This is a trophy of the engagement of June, 1871, between the United States 

 fleet, uiuler command of Admiral John Rodgers, and the Koreans. 



Military badge (Hyoung-j)ai). Two squares of blue silk, embroidered. 

 Design, the Manchurian white crane flying in the clouds, holding a 

 spray of "immortal" grass in its beak. The stitch is mainly plain 

 embroidery, or plumage stich, but some Kensington and stem stitch 

 is used. The embroidery is well done. 



Ten inches square. 



Seoul, Korea, 1885. 7703u 



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



Tlie design is purely symbolic. The crane holds in its bil] a sprig of ujras:^ 



