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Personal
ornaments is a general term which refers to crowns, necklaces,
earring, rings, bracelets and ornamental combs used for embellishing
the body. Such kinds of relics were abundantly excavated in
the Daegaya area. Of these, crowns and earrings are most noteworthy.
The Daegaya crown has a remarkable characteristic different
from that of surrounding states, especially Silla. The Silla
crown attaches distinct decorations which design tree branches
or deer horns, while the Daegaya crown attaches some decorations
which design petals or grass leaves.
So far, several gold crowns have been discovered in the
Gaya region. These include: the gold crowns excavated in
the Goryeong Jisan-dong Tumulus No. 30 and No. 32, the gold
crown exhumed in Goryeong and owned by the Hoam Art Gallery
and the gold crown owned by the Ogura Collection in Japan.
Of these, only the crowns discovered in the Goryeong Jisan-dong
Tumulus No. 30 and No. 32 show their exact places of excavation
and conditions of the funerary objects. The gold crown exhumed
in the Jisan-dong Tumulus No. 32 is recognizable as a representative
crown of Gaya.
The earrings of Daegaya largely appeared from the mid-fifth
century. With the beginning of the sixth century their quantity
rapidly increased. Hence, they were found in Goryeong and
other regions, such as Hapcheon, Hamyang, Jinju and Jangsu.
The excavation scope of the Daegaya earrings is coincidential
with the distribution of the Goryeong style pottery. This
is because the central force distributed earrings and pottery
to other regions according to their political purposes.
Also, a great number of earrings originated from Daegaya
are found in Japan. This is regarded as a result of the
trade or cultural exchanges between the two states.
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