CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. CONTENTS 7
3. PREFACE 9
4. 1. THE DEVELOPMENT OF BELT TOGGLES 15
5. 2. CHINESE TOGGLES: BASIC TYPES 27
6. 3. TOGGLES FROM NATURAL OBJECTS 39
7. 4. WOODEN TOGGLES 49
8. 5. TOGGLES IN IVORY AND OTHER ANIMAL PRODUCTS 61
9. 6. TOGGLES IN STONE AND RELATED SUBSTANCES 71
10. 7. METALS IN THE TOGGLES 83
11. 8. GENERAL SYMBOLS ON THE TOGGLES 93
12. 9. SYMBOLS FROM NATURE: TREES. FLOWERS, AND PLANTS 105
13. 10. TOGGLES FROM THE ANIMAL WORLD 119
14. 11. INANIMATE OBJECTS: THE REPLICA TOGGLES 133
15. 12. MEN AND GODS 143
16. NOTES 155
17. CATALOGUE OF CHINESE BELT TOGGLES IN THE BIEBER COLLECTION 175
18. GLOSSARY OF ORIENTAL TERMS 243
19. INDEX TO TEXT AND NOTES 249