Artifacts Excavated from the Tomb of Lady Ha

These artefacts were discovered in 1989 when descendants of the Hyeonpung Gwak clan relocated the tomb of Lady Ha of the Jinju Ha clan, their ancestress twelve generations back, in Dalseong County, Gyeongsangbuk-do. Lady Ha was the second wife of Gwak Ju, the great-nephew (a cousin's son) of Gwak Jae-u, famed as a righteous-army commander during the Japanese invasions of 1592–98 (the Imjin War); her genealogical record does not state the dates of her birth or death. However, the contents of letters found with her show that she was a woman of the reign of King Injo of Joseon, living around 1646. The excavated artefacts include 81 items of clothing and furnishings — among them a jangot, a long cloak women wore over their heads to cover themselves when going out, a changui, a robe similar to today's durumagi overcoat, and jeogori jackets, together with bedding such as a quilt, a pillow and a mat, and a bitcheop, a case for storing hair combs. There are also 168 items of correspondence, including letters written by her husband Gwak Ju and her mother-in-law, and records of household accounts. The artefacts from the tomb of Lady Ha of Jinju are a valuable resource for the study of early seventeenth-century costume history, and, through letters written in Hangeul describing the daily life of women, they are also an important source for understanding the customs and folk life of the Hyeonpung region of Gyeonggi Province at that time.

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Region

Suseong-gu, Daegu

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National Folklore Heritage · 국가민속문화유산