1. (Jeffrey Smith per Keith Wilson, July 1, 2008) "Jewelry" added as secondary classification.
2. (Susan Kitsoulis per Keith Wilson, July 10, 2010) Object Name changed from "Pendant: knife" to "Jewelry."
3. (Jeffrey Smith per Matthew Clarke, July 25, 2022) Medium changed from Jade to Jade (nephrite).
4. (Najiba Choudhury per Keith Wilson, August 25, 2023) Title changed from "Knot Opener (?)" to "Pendant in the form of an archer’s ring, fragment"; Object Name changed from "Jewelry" to "Pendant"; Period One changed from "Eastern Zhou dynasty" to "Western Han dynasty"; Date changed from "400-300 BCE" to "206 BCE–9 CE"; added Chinese caption by Jingmin Zhang.
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