夫餘의 얼굴 = The Puyŏ(夫餘) Faces - Gilt Bronze Masks from Mts. Dongtuanshan(東團山) and Mao’ershan(帽兒山, Jilin) and Their Connections

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

Six rare face-shaped gilt bronze objects were discovered in Jilin(吉林) in the 1920s and 1930s. Four among them unfortunately vanished, but two were documented. They became, however, nearly forgotten and due to tantalizing records we know little of their original archaeological context. Nevertheless, they certainly came from Mts. Dongtuanshan(東團山) and Mao’ershan(帽兒山), the cluster of two sites of great importance today, identified as the political and ritual center of the Puy? state. Given the crucial role that Puy? played in the development of such ensuing polities as Kogury?(高句麗) and Paekche(百濟), it is clear that these masks are the earliest extant and most monumental pieces of sculpture in the entire pan-Korean region.
The actual functions of these faces are, however, vague. But they share similarities in design and concept with other objects known sparsely across China, and might have been used to ornament weaponry, harnesses or chariot fittings. Among these comparata, an extraordinary find is from a large Shang(商) royal tomb in Xibeigang(西北崗), Anyang(安陽, Henan). For diffusion of such prototypes into Puy?, Yan(燕) seems to have acted as local intermediary, and we might in fact witness an attenuated result in Shi’ertai Yingzi(十二臺營子), Chaoyang(朝陽, Liaoning).
Stylistically linear, angular, and blunt in their shape, the human male masks of Puy? feature such intriguing ethnic qualities as pierced earlobes and lofty topknots. Topknots are of momentous significance, a custom historically associated with the ancient people of Joseon(朝鮮) by the early second century BCE upon their contact to Wiman(衛滿). By extension, these masks are important archaeological evidence to link Joseon and Puy?, the two most essential components that constitute the ethno-cultural identity of the “Koreans.” At this point, it is particularly remarkable that Kogury? bronzes and murals followed the artistic and ethnic tradition of the Puy? masks.

목차 (Table of Contents)

• I. 서론
• Ⅱ. 고고학적 출처
• Ⅲ. 범례(範例, paradigm)와 계보
• Ⅳ. 기능과 용도
• V. 귀고리와 상투
• Ⅵ. 결론
• 참고문헌
• ABSTRACT

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