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Figure3327/1 a-b

Pair of matching dragon face end boards or kkokdu (꼭두). Semi-circular wood panels, each with one side carved and painted. The central design is a yellow cat-like dragon with a black nose and eyebrows, blue and red almond-shaped eyes, long blue whiskers, and an open mouth with a small blue fish in its teeth. Below the dragon's head are two black paws with three clawed digits, and above is a tricolour Taegeuk symbol. The outer arch is painted with a thick red border.

Culture
Korean
Material
paint and pine wood
Made in
Seoul, Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure3327/18

Kkokdu (꼭두) or wooden figure of a wife. Carved from wood and painted. Woman stands with her hands down in front of her body. She wears a green top with white ties and a long red skirt. Her skin is pink and she has painted black facial features, and black hair, which is tied back into a bun at the nape the the neck. She does not have legs or feet. Figure mounted on a wood dowel and base.

Culture
Korean
Material
paint and pine wood
Made in
Seoul, Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure3327/17

Kkokdu (꼭두) or wooden figure of a musician with a janggu (drum). Figure is cone-shaped, with a long greyish-blue robe and painted red ties at waist. His face and hands are light pink, and he holds an hourglass-shaped drum in his hands. He has painted black features and black hair, and wears a low black hat with a wide flat rim. Flat base with round hole for dowel.

Culture
Korean
Material
paint and pine wood
Made in
Seoul, Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure3327/15

Kkokdu (꼭두) or wooden figure of a musician with a Korean oboe(?). Carved from wood and painted. Figure is cone-shaped, with a long green robe and painted red ties at waist. His face and hands are light pink, and he holds a woodwind instrument in his hands. He has painted black features and black hair, and wears a low black hat with a wide flat rim. Flat base with round hole for dowel.

Culture
Korean
Material
paint and pine wood
Made in
Seoul, Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure3327/31

Kkokdu (꼭두) or wooden figure of a single woman. Carved from wood and painted. She wears a long light green robe, with darker green hems, and sparingly decorated with yellow and red flowers. Underneath the robe she wears reddish-brown trousers. She is holding something in her hands - light pink with red dots, and a green circle filled with yellow, and then red dots in her hands. Her black hair is braided down the length of her back and tied with red ribbons. Mounted on a wood dowel and base.

Culture
Korean
Material
paint and wood
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure3327/19

Kkokdu (꼭두) or wooden figure of a musician playing a flute while riding on the back of a mystical creature. Carved from wood and painted. The musician wears a long black robe with red ties at the waist, and green pants. He has short black hair, and wears a small black hat with a wide rim. The mystical creature is tiger-like in appearance, orange with black stripes and a white chest. It has large round yellow eyes and red mouth baring teeth. Mounted on a wood dowel.

Culture
Korean
Material
paint and pine wood
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure3327/3 a-b

Pair of matching dragon face end boards or kkokdu (꼭두). Semi-circular panels, each with one side carved and painted. The central design is a large red-faced dragon with a bulbous pink nose, bushy black eyebrows, large circular eyes, green with white moustache(?), and a wide tooth-bearing grin. Top, centre, are four layered U-shapes. The outer arch is painted with a thick red border, and a black line borders the bottom edge. The exterior edge of the arch is painted white.

Culture
Korean
Material
pine wood and paint
Made in
Seoul, Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure3327/7 a-b

Pair of wooden phoenix figures (a-b) or kkokdu (꼭두), carved and painted. Each depicts a phoenix from the neck upwards. One phoenix (part a) has a yellow neck with black scales and red dots, and a red band down its back. The other (part b) has a green neck with red scales and red and yellow dots. Extending from both heads are a large red comb and wattle. A hole is drilled through each black beak. The eyes are black and almond-shaped, within a yellow fish-shaped area. Mounted on a two-tiered wood base.

Culture
Korean
Material
metal, paint and pine wood
Made in
Seoul, Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure3327/4

Horizontal dragon board or kkokdu (꼭두) composed of a single piece of wood. Two intertwined dragons, one peach and the other dark blue, facing opposite directions, with their serpent-like bodies wrapped around one another. Each dragon is painted to have scales down its body, and a black and white striped underside. Each has an open mouth with teeth showing. There is a small square notch cutout beneath each dragon's head to mount to semicircular face boards.

Culture
Korean
Material
paint and pine wood
Made in
Seoul, Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure3327/37

Kkokdu (꼭두) or wooden figure of a husband. Carved from wood and painted. He is wearing a long forest green robe, with yellow neckline and tie, which is tied near the right shoulder. His face is painted pinkish-beige, and he has short black hair which is parted down the middle. His eyebrows and moustache are s-shaped, and he has five long whisps of chin hair below his lip. The intside of his ears are outlined in red, which matches his mouth. Both hands are held down in front of his body. Mounted on a wood dowel and base.

Culture
Korean
Material
paint and wood
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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