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Object Number 55-1-70/3713
Display Title Malon (man's headband)
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Malon
Object Description Man's headband (malon) - made of shell platelets and glass beads
Inventory Description Headband, shell plates, painted wood dividers, glass beads, silver medallion
Classification
  • Headband
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Bunun
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Taiwan / <State> / <County> / Take-tonpo Village
Additional Geographic Terms Central Mountains
Dimensions Overall: 25.8 x 2.8 x 1 cm (10 3/16 x 1 1/8 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 55-1-70/3713

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