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. (Najiba Choudhury per Keith Wilson) Title changed from "Pendant (pei) in the form of a bird" to "Finial in the form of a bird"; Period One changed from "Western Zhou dynasty" to "Late Shang dynasty"; Date changed from "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; Object name changed from "Finial" to "Jewelry"; and added the following to the Description field, "Flat, arc-shaped pendant with a bird presented in profile. A series of regularly incised lines and serrations embellish the angular crest that rises from the bird’s head. Those angular forms are echoed in the chevrons on the hooked beak. A bolder series of lines, some of them raised, articulate the furled wing and pendant tail. (Mostly calcified; cinnabar deposits; pencil [?] marks on top side.)"
Added Label Text from the exhibition, In Praise of Ancestors, September 28, 1987-January 5, 1989 by Thomas Lawton.
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