Gogok

rdf:langString Gogok

rdf:langString 곱은玉 or 曲玉

rdf:langString kobǔnok or kokok

rdf:langString Glass and jade beads excavated from the Tomb of King Muryeong with of Baekje gold cap ornaments.

rdf:langString 곱은옥 or 곡옥

rdf:langString gobeunok or gogok

rdf:langString Baekje gogok.jpg

rdf:langString Gobeunok or Gogok are comma-shaped or curved beads and jewels that appeared from the Mumun Period (1500 to 300 BC) through the Three Kingdoms of Korea (57 BC to 668 AD). The Gogok (곡옥; 曲玉) is posited by researchers to have been a symbol of prestige among Mumun culture community leaders as the tombs of presumably powerful figures were oftentimes accompanied by bronze daggers, stone daggers, and comma-shaped jewels. The Gogok's role as a symbol of prestige would carry onto the Three Kingdoms Period of Korea (as Gogok would remain a salient feature of Korean royal paraphernalia (Silla and Baekje). They range in size range from 1 to 10 centimetres (0.39 to 3.94 in), and are oftentimes fashioned with a hole to be attached or threaded to another object. The origin of these comma-shaped jewels are posited by some to originate from the dragon-shaped jadeite ornament of the Hongshan culture (4,500 to 3,000 BC) of the Liao River Basin. However due to the spatial and temporal distance, most researchers have been skeptical of their genealogical relationship. The generally accepted interpretation in academia is that the form of the comma-shaped jewel originated from the canine teeth of predator animals, or as a symbol of a half-moon sacred to moon worshippers, or as a symbol of fetus and or fertility.