Royal girdle of Korea

These belts have been found in the tombs of Silla and Baekje kings, queens, and the lesser nobility.

The royal girdles are made from pure gold metal plates attached to each other and are adorned with many charms, such as gogok.

Cheonmachong geumje gwadae (hangul 천마총금제과대 hanja 天馬塚金製銙帶) (Gold girdle with pendants from Cheonmachong) was excavated from the Heavenly Horse Tomb and was designated as the 190th national treasure of Korea on December 7, 1978.

The charms on the left of the belt include jade comma-shaped gogok, a small knife, a case for medicines, a whetstone, a flint, and tweezers.

These charms match the objects needed to perform the ancestral rites based on Chinese tradition.

Both the girdle itself and the Yopae were found worn on the waist of the person interred in the Heavenly Horse Tomb.

Geumjegwadae (hangul 금제과대 hanja 金製銙帶) (Gold girdle with pendants from the north mound of Tumulus No.98) was designated on December 7, 1978, as the 192nd national treasure of Korea.

Like National Treasure No.190, this belt holds a number of charms on its left side including comma-shaped jadeite beads, a knife, a case for drugs, a whetstone, a flint, and tweezers.

These items were described in the Yegi (a book on the lessons of formality) as the tools required for honoring the ancestors.

The belt is less grand than its counterpart in the north mound of Tomb No.98 and was probably not worn by a king or queen of Silla.