Photograph of an elderly Ainu woman, the wife of the man shown in 943.4.97, from Tokoro; note her tattooed arms.
Bibliography:
Plate XCV, "Old Woman, Tokoro," in Romyn Hitchcock "The Ainos of Yezo, Japan," USNM Annual Report 1890. See also Romyn Hitchcock "The Aino of Yezo, Japan" USNM Annual Report 1890, pg. 500.
Related Work:
A halftone print is also available: NAA INV 04746100, Photo lot 77-38, Romyn Hitchcock photographs of Ainu people, Japan, and Korea, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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