1. (Jeffrey Smith per Keith Wilson, July 1, 2008) Jewelry added as secondary classification.
2. (Susan Kitsoulis per Keith Wilson, June 14, 2010) Object name changed from "Pendant: bird" to "Jewelry"; Title from "Pendant (pei 珮): bird" to "Pendant (pei 珮) in the form of a bird."
3. (Najiba Choudhury per Keith Wilson, July 28, 2019) Title changed from "Pendant (pei) in the form of a bird" to "Pendant in the form of a bird"; Period One changed from "Shang dynasty" to "Late Shang dynasty"; date changed from "ca. 13th-11th century BCE" to "ca. 1300-ca. 1050 BCE"; Geography changed from "China" to "China, probably Henan province, Anyang"; added Chinese caption by Jingmin Zhang; added Past Label Text from the exhibitions, In Praise of Ancestors, and Ancient Chinese Jades and Bronzes; and added the following to the Description field, "Pendant bird with wings outspread; pierced. Turquoise stone. (Mostly chipped and nicked with cracks emanating; faint blue lines on bottom of left wing.)"
Object name changed from "Pendant" to "Jewelry".
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