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- Robe made of fish skin
Robe made of fish skin
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- The Sakhalin Aynu, Sakhalin
The Sakhalin Aynu 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 Aynu 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 Aynu house | Altar (nusasan) | Necklace of Aynu beads | Women’s knife | Wooden tray
Traditional Aynu house | Altar (nusasan) | Necklace of Aynu beads | Women’s knife | Wooden tray