Four-tiered Cabinet with Painted Ox-horn Sheets

This charming and lavishly-colored furniture called meoritjang, or head chest, is a chest for socks. It is a smaller version of an ordinary wardrobe, and is often placed where a woman would place her head when she goes to sleep at night. Hwagak is a decorative technique using colorfully painted pieces of ox-horn. Each tier is symmetrically arranged with designs including cloud and dragon, the Chinese character for fortune (福), and double happiness (喜). The ornamentation is well balanced and decorated with various patterns representing auspicious signs and wealth in six colors: white, black, red, yellow, green, and gold.