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| [[File:Ainu-robes.jpg|right|thumb|320px|Ainu robes on display at the East-West Center in Honolulu]] | | [[File:Ainu-robes.jpg|right|thumb|320px|Ainu robes on display at the East-West Center in Honolulu]] |
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− | Traditional [[Ainu]] garb includes bark cloth robes called ''attus'', and embroidered cotton robes called ''ruunpe'' and ''ciciri'', as well as several other types of garments. | + | Traditional [[Ainu]] garb includes bark cloth robes called ''[[attus]]'', and embroidered cotton robes called ''[[ruunpe]]'' and ''ciciri'', as well as several other types of garments. |
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| Ainu robes can be found in many anthropological or natural history collections around the world; while these robes are still made and used in Ainu communities, there are also Ainu today both in [[Hokkaido|Hokkaidô]] and in the [[Kanto|Kantô]] who work to recreate old traditional motifs and forms. It can take up to a full year to produce a traditional garment; each embroidered design must be sewn three times over. | | Ainu robes can be found in many anthropological or natural history collections around the world; while these robes are still made and used in Ainu communities, there are also Ainu today both in [[Hokkaido|Hokkaidô]] and in the [[Kanto|Kantô]] who work to recreate old traditional motifs and forms. It can take up to a full year to produce a traditional garment; each embroidered design must be sewn three times over. |
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| + | Headbands known as ''matampus'' were traditionally worn only by men but are today increasingly worn by women as well in ceremonial and cultural contexts.<ref name=brunei>Gallery labels, "Master - An Ainu Story," photo exhibit by Adam Isfendiyar, SOAS Brunei Gallery, Fall 2018.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/40674203513/in/photostream/][https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/47588040292/in/photostream/]</ref> |
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| + | Deer-skin vests called ''yukur'' are warm and somewhat water-repellent, providing some protection from the elements. However, because of the danger of being mistaken for a deer oneself, these are not worn during hunting season.<ref name=brunei/> |
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| ==References== | | ==References== |
| *Gallery labels, "Ainu Treasures," East-West Center Gallery, Feb 2013. | | *Gallery labels, "Ainu Treasures," East-West Center Gallery, Feb 2013. |
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| [[Category:Art and Architecture]] | | [[Category:Art and Architecture]] |