국립중앙박물관 NATIONAL MUSEUM OF KOREA

Highlights
Stone Chisels
  • Exhibition Name

  • Nationality/Period

    Bronze Age

  • Provenance

    Buyeo-gun

  • Materials

    Stone

  • Category

    Industry·Occupation - Pre-history living

  • Dimensions

    L. 5.3cm, L. 8.5cm

  • Accession Number

    Sinsu 6419

  • Location

    Bronze Age / Gojoseon Period

Various types of stone chisels were excavated from the southwest areas of the Korean Peninsula, including Songguk-ri, Chochon-myeon, Buyeo, Chungcheongnam-do. Judging from its great length compared to its width, this one is presumed to have been used to trim or make grooves in wooden farming tools when people began rice farming during the Bronze Age.