Skip Navigation

Heritage Search

National Registered Cultural Heritage

Daily Items of Hansen’s Disease Patients on Sorokdo Island

고흥 소록도 한센인 생활 유품 ( 高興 小鹿島 한센人 生活 遺品 )

Heritage Search Detail
Classification National Registered Cultural Heritage
Name of Cultural Properties Daily Items of Hansen’s Disease Patients on Sorokdo Island
Quantity 14 items
Designated Date 2016.08.22
Age
Address Goheung-gun, Jeollanam-do

These fourteen artifacts made and used by Hansen's disease patients include 14 items of 8 kinds, such as a knife for individual treatment, a porte-button, a ladle, a saucepan, a pan holder, and items used at the site of forced labor, including cement block cast, tile mould, etc.
They are considered significant historical materials that reflect the special social and cultural circumstance of patients suffering from Hansen’s disease, who survived thanks to their wisdom and determination in times of change and extreme hardship.