1. (Jeffrey Smith per Keith Wilson, July 1, 2008) Jewelry added as secondary classification.
2. (Susan Kitsoulis per Keith Wilson, June 15, 2010) Title changed from "Pendant (pei 珮): bird" to "Pendant in the form of a bird"; Object name from "Pendant: bird" to "Jewelry."
3. (Jeffrey Smith per Janet Douglas, June 17, 2010) Nephrite added as modifier to existing medium of "jade" based on conservation analysis.
4. (Najiba Choudhury per Keith Wilson, August 16, 2019) Title changed from "Pendant (pei) in the form of a bird" to "Pendant in the form of a bird, one of a pair"; Date changed from "11th-10th century BCE" to "ca. 1050-ca. 950 BCE"; added Chinese caption by Jingmin Zhang; added the following to the Description field, "Pair of pendants in the shape of long-tailed birds; incised; pierced; translucent dull brownish-green. (Very slight calcification; spotty; cinnabar deposits)"; added Label Text from the exhibition, In Praise of Ancestors.
Object name changed from "Pendant" to "Jewelry".
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