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Object Number
55-1-70/3714
Display Title
Malon (man's headband)
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Malon
Object Description
Man's headband (malon) - made of shell platelets, glass beads, and brass coin
Inventory Description
Headband, shell plates, painted wood dividers, glass beads, bronze 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: 26.5 x 2.8 x 1 cm (10 7/16 x 1 1/8 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
55-1-70/3714
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