Description

It was excavated so as to stand on the inner wall of the lateral hole type stone room of No. 5 mound (circular mound with a diameter of 12 m) among the group of circular tumuli in the kofun period distributed on the hill. The meandering ironware is a type of harness, attached to the rear part of the saddle and acts as a flagpole. In the photograph, the lower side has a U shape, tightly fit this part to the shape of the saddle, pass through the cords at the both ends and fix it to the horse's abdomen. The upper shaft meanders three times, the end part makes a socket and marks a flag. The meandering of the shank is to prevent softening of the vibrations caused by horses running and to prevent the ironware from breaking. Ancient tombs are being built in the 6th century. In meandering ironware there are ten or so cases excavated from the Korean Peninsula and the archipelago, but in Kyushu, only two cases are excavated from the Okai Mikura remains of Munakata City and the Takuma group of Munakata District Fukuma Town.