1. (Jeffrey Smith per Keith Wilson, July 1, 2008) Jewelry added as secondary classification.
2. (Jeffrey Smith per Janet Douglas, June 17, 2010) Nephrite added as modifier to existing medium of "jade" based on conservation analysis.
3. (Susan Kitsoulis per Keith Wilson, June 23, 2010) Object name changed from "Pendant: fish" to "Jewelry." Title changed from "Pendant (yu pei 魚珮): fish" to "Pendant (yu pei 魚珮) in the form of a fish."
4. (Najiba Choudhury per Keith Wilson, February 3, 2020) Title changed from "Pendant (yu pei) in the form of a fish" to "Finial with human hybrid, fragment"; Date changed from "ca. 11th century BCE" to "ca. 1050-ca. 950 BCE"; added Chinese Caption by Jingmin Zhang; changed object name from "Pendant" to "Jewelry"; and added Label Text from the exhibition, In Praise of Ancestors by Thomas Lawton.
Added the following to the Description field, "Pendant; abstract carved figure, pierced one end; flaring tail, broadening at head; lustrous gray with light olive cloud. (Deposits, cinnabar; otherwise good condition.)"
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