1. (Jeffrey Smith per Keith Wilson, July 1, 2008) Jewelry added as secondary classification.
2. (Susan Kitsoulis per Keith Wilson, May 4, 2010) Title changed from "Pendant (pei 珮): bird" to "Bird shaped pendant"; Object name from "Pendant: bird" to "Jewelry."
3. (Najiba Choudhury per Keith Wilson, July 28, 2019) Title changed from "Bird-shaped pendant" to "Pendant in the form of a bird, reworked"; Period One changed from "Shang dynasty" to "Late Shang dynasty"; Date changed from "ca. 13th-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; added Past Label Text from the exhibition, Ancient Chinese Jades and Bronzes, October 1, 1989-September 10, 1990, added the following to the Description field, "Pendant bird carved in the round, wings spread, top view (flattened); few carved linear details; pierced horizontally through beak; semi-translucent marbled tans. (Somewhat calcified; areas of surface roughened on underside.)"
Object name changed from "Pendant" to "Jewelry."
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