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Chieftain of Rukai

NCL Special Collection / 4792 / Printed in Japan / About 1920s / 《Faces of the Century (Part I)》

This is the daily apparel of a chieftain: wearing clothes with embroidery and shoulder strap. The style is similar to Paiwan, which has a knife at the left waist. The knife is shorter than the ones of Paiwan or Puyuma.