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Show Dress of Korean Nobleman. Korean noblemen when In attendance attend-ance at tho palace wear dark bluo coats, with belts which are far too. largo and form a sort of hoop ln front of tho person. An embroidered breastplate Is worn over the chest, representing a stork for civil office and a tiger for military rank. Tho headdress Is a kind of hat woven or horse hair, with a wing at each side, curved forward, as If to catch over' word uttered by royalty. Nobles and offlcluls wear on the hat band, Just bacK of tho ears, buttons of various styles mado of gold or Jade, which Indicate In-dicate tho degreo of tho wearer's rank. |