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. (Susan Kitsoulis per Keith Wilson, June 23, 2010) Object name changed from "Pendant: fish" to "Jewelry." Title changed from "Pendant (yu pei 魚珮): fish" to "Pendant (pei 珮) in the form of a fish.
4. (Najiba Choudhury per Keith Wilson, 7/27/2017) Title changed from "Pendant (yu pei) in the form of a fish" to "Pendant in the form of a fish"; period one changed from "Western Zhou dynasty" to "Late Shang dynasty"; period two added "Anyang period"; date changed from "11th century BCE" to "ca.1300-ca. 1050 BCE"; geography changed from "China" to "China, probably Henan province, Anyang"; object name changed from "jewelry" to "pendant"; added Chinese object caption by Jingmin Zhang; added the following to the description field, "Pendant, curved fish; few carved/incised details; pierced; translucent spinach green. (Minor deposits.)"; and added past label text by Thomas Lawton.
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