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A Study on the Development of Cultural Products Using Lacquer and Mother-of-pearl - Centering om Accessories -

Accessories have been used to ornament human bodies. The time when accessories appeared in the human history differs according to regions, but the oldest traces of ancient accessories are dated back to the Neolithic age. Its history also differs according to periods of the Neolithic age and it is estimated it was one million years ago. At this time, as people made the rock to be used more beautiful rather than grinding it for functional purpose, they began to realize artistic senses. And they began to represent beauty with their bodies. We found naked women drawn on old murals have hats, long necklaces and bracelets made of natural items such as shells, fish bones and leaves. However, ornaments such as teeth or paws might be also used for showing their bravery when men catch fierce beasts in addition to the purpose for beautiful ornamentation of bodies. Or they might be used for shamanistic charms. From the time when a nation was established at B.C. 3000, accessories that have new meaning, were used to symbolize social status. It is understood when we saw pictures where crowns of kings or religious leaders or their rods are drawn. And it was found that women have more colorful ornaments than men. It was assumed that it might be unnecessary for men to have accessories when they hunt or make battles and women have more powerful desires to ornament themselves than men. Accessories have been developed through various changes according to periods, regions or materials. However, this study does not deal with the transitional process of accessories because it is too complicated, but research and development of Korean traditional accessories using lacquer and mother-of-pearl China admired. We have remains of shell, glass or metal accessories, we have not found examples of mother-of-pearl accessories. We only found its traces in dishes, boxes for clothing, some cases and part of architectural decoration. It is assumed that mother-of-pearl was not very popular as a material of accessories and a target of owning as value of shells was not very high, and coloring was not developed. As such reasons disappeared in modern age, it has been used for accessories. However, it can not be produced in mass quantity because of its weak durability and complex producing process and it has a problem in competitive prices. Therefore, this study aims at developing mother-of-pearl products as one popular item of accessories by solving the problem and focusing on its scarcity.