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. (Najiba Choudhury per Keith Wilson, August 19, 2019) Title changed from "Pendant (pei) in the form of a bird" to "Pendant in the form of a bird"; Date changed from "11th-10th century BCE" to "ca. 1050-ca. 950 BCE"; added Chinese caption by Jingmin Zhang; added Label Text from the exhibition, In Praise of Ancestors, and added the following to the Description field, "Green jade profiled bird, carved and incised; pierced. (Cream calcification and traces of cinnabar.)"
Object name changed from "Pendant" to "Jewelry".
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