국립중앙박물관 NATIONAL MUSEUM OF KOREA

Highlights
Discoidal Mace
  • Exhibition Name

  • Nationality/Period

    Neolithic Period

  • Materials

    Stone

  • Dimensions

    D. 14.0cm, D. 9.9cm, D. 15.2cm

  • Accession Number

    Bongwan 6555

  • Location

    Bronze Age / Gojoseon Period

This discoidal mace head discovered at a site now in North Korea is a unique stone artifact representing the Bronze Age in Korea. Referred to by several different Korean names such as bakwinal dokki (wheel blade axe) and daldokki (stone moon mace), this object is shaped like a disk, is thicker at its center than at its edges, and contains a hole used to fit a handle. This unusual stone artifact is assumed to have been used either as a weapon or a ritual object, or perhaps as a symbol of authority.