<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?><pres:item xmlns:pres="http://kulturarvsdata.se/presentation#"><pres:version>1.3.0</pres:version><pres:buildDate>2026-10-23</pres:buildDate><pres:itemLabel>sked, Bronze spoon with swallowtail-shaped handle</pres:itemLabel><pres:dataQuality>Rådata</pres:dataQuality><pres:id>1302445</pres:id><pres:service>objekt</pres:service><pres:organization xml:lang="sv">Statens museer för världskultur - Etnografiska museet</pres:organization><pres:organizationShort>SMVK-EM</pres:organizationShort><pres:type xml:lang="sv">Föremål</pres:type><pres:entityUri>http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-EM/objekt/1302445</pres:entityUri><pres:idLabel>1953.10.0002</pres:idLabel><pres:description xml:lang="sv">Sked av brons. Skaftet, vars övre del brutits av och saknas, har på översidan en del enkla streckornament. Skedbladet är långsmalt och grunt och har säkerligen inte använts att äta med. Snarare är det en sked som använts vid beredning av medicin eller möjligen en offersked. Skaftet visar begynnande svart patinering och är liksom själva skedbladet anfrätt av s.k. bronspest. Skedens form i sin helhet är smäcker och elegant och påminner starkt om bronsskedar från Kina från Han-dynastin. (generalkatlogen)</pres:description><pres:content>The bowl of this spoon has an oblong oval shape with a pointed tip, reminiscent of a willow-leaf. The handle is arched and rounded on top and flat on the bottom. The upper surface of the handle is decorated with an engraved line pattern before the handle flattens out into a swallowtail-shaped handle-end. The spoon has bronze disease. Parts of the spoon are covered with black patina. 

The curved shape of the handle and the swallowtail shaped handle-end indicate that this spoon was probably made in the mid-Goryeo period. Unlike eating customs in China and Japan, in Korea spoons were the main eating utensils and used for eating liquid food such as soup as well as solid food such as rice. Chopsticks were generally used to pick up food from side-dished. The tradition of using a set of chopsticks and a spoon made from metal for eating has continued in Korea until today. 
, Ärgad. (100118), 국립중앙박물관. e뮤지엄. 2018. 청동숟가락. [ONLINE] Available at: http://terms.naver.com/entry.nhn?docId=2383261&amp;cid=51293&amp;categoryId=51293. [Accessed 09 April 2018].
국립중앙박물관. e뮤지엄. 2018. 청동숟가락. [ONLINE] Available at: http://terms.naver.com/entry.nhn?docId=2252624&amp;cid=51293&amp;categoryId=51293. [Accessed 09 April 2018].
, South Korea, North Korea, Korea, ÖM:Korea collections 2 - Goryeo - Metalwork 6, 이 숟가락의 본체는 길쭉한 타원형이며 끝이 뾰족해 버들잎모양(柳葉形)을 연상시킨다. 크게 휘어진 자루는 옆면의 모양이 S자형이고 윗면은 둥글며 선문을 음각해 장식했다. 자루는 점점 얇아지며 끝이 두 갈래로 나뉜 제비꼬리모양(燕尾形)을 이룬다. 숟가락은 녹이 슬었고 표면의 일부가 검은색을 띤다.

휘어진 모양과 자루 끝의 제비꼬리 형태를 보아 이 숟가락은 고려 중기에 제작된 것으로 추정된다. 주로 젓가락을 사용하는 중국·일본의 관습과 달리 한국에서 숟가락은 주요의 식기로 국물과 밥을 먹는 데 사용되며, 젓가락은 일반적으로 반찬을 집어 먹는 데 사용되었다. 식사할 때 금속으로 만들어진 숟가락과 젓가락(수저)을 병용하는 전통은 오늘날까지 이어 왔다.
, 동제 숟가락 銅製 匙, (China) Han (206 BCE-220 CE), Handynastin</pres:content><pres:context><pres:event xml:lang="sv">Tillverkad</pres:event><pres:timeLabel xml:lang="sv">Handynastin</pres:timeLabel></pres:context><pres:context><pres:event xml:lang="sv">Ursprung</pres:event><pres:placeLabel xml:lang="sv">Asien, Sydkorea, Nordkorea</pres:placeLabel></pres:context><pres:image><pres:mediaType>image/jpeg</pres:mediaType><pres:src type="thumbnail">https://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-em/web/image/tn/1558489/image.jpg</pres:src><pres:src type="lowres">https://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-em/web/image/zoom/1558488/image.jpg</pres:src><pres:mediaLicense>http://kulturarvsdata.se/resurser/License#by</pres:mediaLicense><pres:byline xml:lang="sv">Westling, Rose-Marie</pres:byline><pres:copyright xml:lang="sv">Statens museer för världskultur</pres:copyright></pres:image><pres:image><pres:mediaType>image/jpeg</pres:mediaType><pres:src type="thumbnail">https://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-em/web/image/tn/1558493/image.jpg</pres:src><pres:src type="lowres">https://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-em/web/image/zoom/1558492/image.jpg</pres:src><pres:mediaLicense>http://kulturarvsdata.se/resurser/License#by</pres:mediaLicense><pres:byline xml:lang="sv">Westling, Rose-Marie</pres:byline><pres:copyright xml:lang="sv">Statens museer för världskultur</pres:copyright></pres:image><pres:image><pres:mediaType>image/jpeg</pres:mediaType><pres:src type="thumbnail">https://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-em/web/image/tn/1558497/image.jpg</pres:src><pres:src type="lowres">https://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-em/web/image/zoom/1558496/image.jpg</pres:src><pres:mediaLicense>http://kulturarvsdata.se/resurser/License#by</pres:mediaLicense><pres:byline xml:lang="sv">Westling, Rose-Marie</pres:byline><pres:copyright xml:lang="sv">Statens museer för världskultur</pres:copyright></pres:image><pres:references><pres:reference>http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-EM/samling/1127940</pres:reference><pres:reference>http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-OM/showcase/976932</pres:reference></pres:references><pres:representations><pres:representation format="HTML">http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-EM/objekt/html/1302445</pres:representation><pres:representation format="XML">http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-EM/objekt/xml/1302445</pres:representation><pres:representation format="RDF">http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-EM/objekt/rdf/1302445</pres:representation></pres:representations></pres:item>