figure of a man

Figure of a man with a moustache in a long white jacket with decoration around the hem indicated with pale pink paint. He has a shoulder cloth with a blue stripe over his left shoulder. He wears a striped longyi similar to that worn by 1982.128i, but tied at the front. He has a white cloth tied around his topknot with a peak in a pronounced V at the back. He is carrying an umbrella in his right hand and a cane in his left. On a plinth, labelled: 'British Empire Exhibition 1924'.

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