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 or cicada" to "Pendant in the form of a bird or cicada"; Object name from "Pendant: bird or cicada (?)" to "Jewelry."
3. (Najiba Choudhury per Keith Wilson, October 28, 2019) Title changed from "Pendant (pei) in the form of a bird or cicada" to "Pendant in the form of a cicada"; Period One changed from "Shang dynasty" to "Late Shang dynasty or Western Zhou dynasty"; Date changed from "ca. 12th-11th century BCE" to "ca. 1100-1000 BCE"; Medium changed from "Jade (nephrite)" to "Jade"; added Past Label Texts from the following to exhibitions, "In Praise of Ancestors" and "Ancient Chinese Jades and Bronzes".
Added Chinese Caption by Jingmin Zhang; changed Object name from "Pendant" to "Jewelry"; and added the following to the Description field, "Cicada pendant (viewed from above); engraved; pierced loop; translucent gray-white. (Deposits of cinnabar.)"
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