국립중앙박물관 NATIONAL MUSEUM OF KOREA

Highlights
Bronze Coil-Shaped Buckle
  • Nationality/Period

    Proto-Three Kingdoms Period

  • Provenance

    Cheonan-si

  • Materials

    Metal - Copper Alloy

  • Category

    clothes - Band / Buckle - Buckle - Buckle

  • Dimensions

    L. 14.5cm, W. 1.4cm

  • Accession Number

    Sinsu 12716

This bronze buckle was excavated from the coffin inside Ancient Tomb No. 20 in Cheongdang-dong, Cheonan. Overall, it has no specific decoration, but the shallow groove at its end suggests that it portrays the shape of a snake. The buckle is thickest where the fixing metal is attached, and becomes thinner toward the end before thickening again at the end.