Fire Tongs

Bujeotgarak, also called hwajeotgal or hawjeo, are long chopsticks used for poking a fire to make it stronger or picking up and moving lumps of charcoal. As a secondary tool, it was placed beside a brazier along with a coal shovel. When stew in an earthenware bowl was warmed or food was cooked on a grill, bujeotgarak was laid across the top of the brazier as a prop. Those used for this purpose were made to be long and flat, and were called darisoe. Though bujeotgarak would occasionally consist of two separate sticks in a pair, many linked the two sticks using a loop. They were generally made from iron or brass with a decorated top and occasionally a tab for threading the loop.