"A typical Chinese mandarin in full regalia: plum-colored satin robe with embroidered mandarin square. The necklace, of jade or amber, indicated by its length the rank of the wearer. The hat, crowned by a crystal ball, sported a "pony-tail" of horsehair." Captions for this set of lantern slides from the papers of Oliver and Jennie Logan, American Presbyterian missionaries in Hunan, were provided by their daughter Elsa.
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