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	Search results: 4 item(s) for: "281 Work in Skins"        Image: Title: Subject: Description: 1. [wa0002] [Tsou tooth removal] 300 Adornment; 304 Body Alterations; 280 Leather, Textiles, and Fabrics; 281 Work in Skins Tsou adult males; two are standing and removing tooth from squatting male. Men are wearing trademark skin caps. Segawa and Yuasa write: ""At the age of fifteen to twenty, the Tsou extract some of their teeth....They extract the upper eye teeth and the incisors, four in total. This is for beautification and to attract the opposite sex. The pulled teeth are put under the bed for longevity"" (Yuasa 2000, p. 39). Tsou men are usually pictured in one of a variety of types of leather headgear with chin straps, some with feathers attached [wa0056] [wa0327], intricate embroidery [wa0054], with leather tails [wa0021], with bear fur [wa0149] or with back-flaps (shown here). Segawa and Yuasa write: ""leather headgear is made from the tanned skin of the bardking deer (ta'cu, Muntiacus reevesic micrurus). It is put on for celebration, or to symbolize a chief. Unmarried men are not allowed to put on l 2. [wa0021] [Drinking together] 410 Tools and Appliances; 280 Leather, Textiles, and Fabrics; 270 Drink and Drugs; 273 Alcoholic Beverages; 574 Visiting and Hospitality; 415 Utensils; 281 Work in Skins; 570 Interpersonal Relations Several men sharing the local millet wine from bamboo containers, some in customary two-men-to-a-cup pose. Most of the men are wearing characteristic deer-hide cap of the Tsuo. This photo can be found in Yuasa Hiroshi's publication of Segawa Kokichi's field notes and photographs. If Segawa himself took the photo, which is almost certain, then it was shot between 1929 and 1939. Yuasa and Segawa captioned this photo as ""Wine Banquet. Tfuya village."" For a detailed discussion of Tsuo wine manufacture and consumption, see [wa0056]. 3. [wa0022] [Joined-mouth drinking] 410 Tools and Appliances; 280 Leather, Textiles, and Fabrics; 270 Drink and Drugs; 273 Alcoholic Beverages; 574 Visiting and Hospitality; 415 Utensils; 281 Work in Skins; 570 Interpersonal Relations Kanetowan village, Niitaka county, Bunun tribe (Riban no tomo September 1934, p. 10). Two pairs of standing men, each pair sharing a cup of millet wine. Note the mixture of local weaves and Japanese prints on the standing men's garments. For a detailed discussion of Aborigine wine manufacture and consumption, based on fieldwork among the Tsou, see [wa0056]. 4. [wa0056] [Drinking from bamboo cups] 622 Community Heads; 410 Tools and Appliances; 270 Drink and Drugs; 273 Alcoholic Beverages; 290 Clothing; 300 Adornment; 415 Utensils; 280 Leather, Textiles, and Fabrics; 281 Work in Skins This photo can be found in Yuasa Hiroshi's publication of Segawa Kokichi's field notes and photographs. If Segawa himself took the photo, which is almost certain, then it was shot between 1929 and 1935, when it appeared in H. Suzuki's _Taiwan bankai no tenbo_. Segawa referred to the seated man with the head-dress as the ""chief"" of Tapangu village (Suzuki: Tappan) in Tsuo territory. The beverage is called 'moromi' (H. Suzuki). Yuasa and Segawa's description of Tsuo fermented beverages and their consumption is meticulous. They write: ""The Tsou people enjoy wine and [tobacco]. Both men and women, as long as they are above the age of fourteen or fifteen, drink wine, and at celebrations enjoy drinking until they are quite intoxicated. They brew their own wine, including millet wine (emi no ton'u), rice wine (emi no pai), and sorghum wine (emi no batayu, kaoliang wine in Chinese). A method
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