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Robe made of fish skin
HI 5165   The Sakhalin Ainu, Sakhalin
Robe made of fish skin

The Sakhalin Ainu made dresses, shoes, and containers from the skin of fish such as salmon and trout. Forty to fifty fish were needed to make one fish skin robe. The skin was dried, carefully tanned, and stitched. The Sakhalin Ainu were highly sophisticated in their use of fish skin in both manufacturing techniques and finished art.

Feathered robe | Attus robe | Nettle robe | Robe made of fish skin | Robe with stitched cloths |
Traditional Ainu house | Altar (nusasan) | Necklace of Ainu beads | Women’s knife | Wooden tray

Aynu (Ainu) Mosir
New Ainu Law

Related links:
Special Exhibition “A Message from the Ainu: Craft and Spirit” (January 8 - February 15, 2004)
Special Exhibition “The Sea Otter and Glass Beads: Trade of Indigenous Peoples of the North Pacific Rim” (September 20, 2001 - January 15, 2002)