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Head-gear, antique and modern (1879)

Wadleigh, R. H. · Coleman & Maxwell, Boston · leaf 19

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t of a Chinese ladys greatest admiration— was an artificial bird, formed of gold or silver, intendedto represent Fong-whang, a fabulous bird of which theancients relate many marvellous tales. It was worn insuch a manner that the wings stretched over the front ofthe head; the spreading tail made a…

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