An Atayal beaded skirt Taiwan cloth with horizontal and vertical strands of shell beads divided by red fibre, 39cm x 85cm. cf. see Chen Chi-Lu. Material Culture of the Formosan Aborigines, 1981, p.71 Fig. 59 E and Plate 12. Chi-Lu states "In former days, skirts decorated with shell-bead strings were considered to be important items of property, and were especially valued as betrothal presents."