NORTHEAST CHINA, 6TH CENTURY BC

In Traders and Raiders on China’s Northern Frontier, p. 170, J. F. So suggests that the small horse-shaped fastener with the hook and two buttons, rather than the usual single button, might have been attached to the belt vertically, with the buttons inserted through slits in the belt and the hook used to suspend personal accessories. Also illustrated, fig. 96.1, is another similar horse-shaped belt hook from Jundushan, Yanqing Xuan, north of Beijing.