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Money-belt / peddler's bundle cloths
Jeondaebo and bobusangbo were travellers' and peddlers' cloths for carrying money and goods on the road.
- Meaning
- 'belt cloth' (纏帶 money belt + 褓) and 'peddler's cloth' (褓負商 wrapper-and-pack merchant + 褓)
- Made of
- Cotton or hemp
- Era
- Joseon (1392–1910) to early 20th century
Everyday carrying cloths, including those of the itinerant peddlers (보부상) whose name contains 褓.
History & tradition
Joseon to early 20th century
The 보부상 were Joseon's itinerant merchants: 보상 carried finer, costlier wares wrapped in a cloth or slung on the back, while 부상 carried coarse goods on an A-frame. Their guilds became a powerful national organisation in the late 19th century. 전대 cloths were long bags tied round the waist or across the shoulder to carry money or goods on the road. Both are listed among everyday bojagi.
The money-belt sense of 전대 (纏帶) is from general dictionaries; encykorea's '전대' entry is a different word, 戰帶, a Joseon military belt.
Researched with medium confidence.