Ornament Item Number: Ed1.338 d from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Four ribbons in beige, pale green, blue-green, and pale green silk gauze, attached to a tab at the top.
History Of Use
Such decorations were used on bags or pouches worn at the waist and used to carry eyeglasses, the wearer’s wooden identification tag, cigarettes, or other things. Those with floral decorations were used by women.
Specific Techniques
Completely hand-sewn. Elements were sewn inside out and then turned, so that all seams are invisible.
Iconographic Meaning
The floral decorations indicate that these were decorations for a woman’s bag.
Narrative
Most of the clothing in the J. McRee Elrod Collection was made for him and his family by friends while they were living in Korea, much of it by Kim, Sung Sook. She and her family lived cooperatively in the same house as the Elrod family. While they were there, the Elrods preferred to wear Korean clothing on very cold days and for social occasions. They found it to be more comfortable than western clothing in cold weather, as public buildings were unheated in the period immediately following the Korean War. It also was more comfortable for floor seating in Korean homes, and easier to store with limited furniture than western clothing. The children’s clothing was worn by their children Mark and Lona.
Item History
- Made by Sung Sook Kim (Maker) in Seoul, Korea between 1955 and 1960
- Collected during 1955
- Owned by J. McRee Elrod before October 13, 1976
- Received from J. McRee Elrod (Donor) on October 13, 1976
What
Who
- Culture
- Korean
- Creator
- Sung Sook Kim (Maker)
- Previous Owner
- J. McRee Elrod
- Received from
- J. McRee Elrod (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Seoul, Korea
When
- Creation Date
- between 1955 and 1960
- Collection Date
- during 1955
- Ownership Date
- before October 13, 1976
- Acquisition Date
- on October 13, 1976
Other
- Item Classes
- textiles
- Condition
- poor
- Accession Number
- 0335/0031 d