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: head of buffalo" to "Jewelry"; Title changed from "Pendant (pei 珮): head of a water buffalo" to "Pendant (pei 珮) in the form of the head of a water buffalo."
3. (Najiba Choudhury per Keith Wilson, February 3, 2020) Title changed from "Pendant (pei) in the form of the head of water buffalo" to "Ornament in the form of a bovine head"; Period One changed from "Shang dynasty" to "Late Shang dynasty, Anyang period, or Western Zhou dynasty"; Date changed from "ca. 13th-11th century BCE" to "ca. 1100-ca. 1000 BCE"; added Chinese Caption by Jingmin Zhang; added Label Text from the exhibition, In Praise of Ancestors by Thomas Lawton; and changed Object name from "Pendant" to "Ornament."
Added the following to the Description field, "A realistic bovine head with concave back. Carved in almost full relief. Incised eyes and nostrils. (Earth and cinnabar adhere.)"
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