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Search results: 9 item(s) for: "292 Special Garments"     
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1. [wa0018] [Orchid Island architecture] [wa0018] [Orchid Island architecture]410 Tools and Appliances; 340 Structures; 290 Clothing; 292 Special Garments; 344 Public Structures; 411 Weapons; 410 Tools and AppliancesSeveral Orchid Islanders, men and boys, posing for camera in loin-cloths, upper garments, and helmets. Some men are holding spears, standing on a rounded-stone wall. Kano Tadao labels the roofed structure on the left as a ""Tagakal,"" or pile-raised resting platform. He writes: ""Almost every Yami family owns a resting platform which is erected in front of the main dwelling. It is built on four piles with the plank flooring raised about 3 meters above the ground. The roof is thatched and access is by a ladder. Resting on the platform even in the heat of midday is refreshing and the refreshing cool sea breezes make it possible to forget the unbearable heat of the tropics. From this vantage point once can also see the incoming boats with their catches of fish"" (Kano 1956, p. 70). Chen Chi-lu, following Kano, writes that one ""characteristic feature of [Yami] construction is that the hous
2. [wa0019] [Paiwan man flanked by four women] [wa0019] [Paiwan man flanked by four women]300 Adornment; 290 Clothing; 292 Special Garments; 301Ornament; 560 Social Stratification; 565 ClassesPaiwan man and four women in official attire and headwear in Pingdong County.
3. [wa0023] [Funeral procession with palanquin] [wa0023] [Funeral procession with palanquin]760 Death; 780 Religious Practice; 290 Clothing; 764 Burial Practices and Funerals; 292 Special GarmentsA funeral procession passing in front of what appears to be a Christian Church.
4. [wa0024] [Paiwan man and woman in front of house] [wa0024] [Paiwan man and woman in front of house]530 Arts; 5311 Visual Arts; 340 Structures; 300 Adornment; 290 Clothing; 292 Special Garments; 301 Ornament; 342 Dwellings; 560 Social Stratification; 565 ClassesPaiwan man and woman in elaborate attire, including head-dresses and leopard skins, with trademark Paiwan slate roof, snake-and-human decorated lintel work, and upright carved-slate statue. These decorations indicate the home of hereditary elites in Paiwan society. This same image, colorized, but with the Japanese caption cropped off, was still being reproduced and sold in Taiwan as late as December, 2007, under the imprint: ""[原味台湾] Aboriginal Peoples of Taiwan"". The back matter on these reproductions is trilingual: ""盛装的排湾族男女/盛装のパイワン族男女/Paiwan couple in full dress.""
5. [wa0046] [Pingdong woman in regalia] [wa0046] [Pingdong woman in regalia]300 Adornment; 290 Clothing; 292 Special Garments; 301 OrnamentYoung Paiwan woman in richly embroidered dress with necklaces and elaborate head-dress. Pingdong County.
6. [wa0052] [Saisiat head-dress] [wa0052] [Saisiat head-dress]790 Ecclesiastical Organization; 796 Organized Ceremonial; 300 Adornment; 290 Clothing; 301 Ornament; 292 Special GarmentsFive Saisiat men facing away from the camera; one is wearing large head-dress. Using 100s of strips of paper, these head-dresses are used for a changing-of-the year grand festival. The location is Garawan village in Taizhong (Suzuki 1935, p.31).
7. [wa0071] [Four Ami dignitaries in full dress] [wa0071] [Four Ami dignitaries in full dress]300 Adornment; 292 Special Garments; 301Ornament; 560 Social Stratification; 565 ClassesTwo men and two women in full head-dress stand in front of wooden building with thatch roof. Taidong prefecture, Malan 馬蘭 village (H. Suzuki 1935, p. 90).
8. [wa0073] [Paiwan circle-dance in full regalia] [wa0073] [Paiwan circle-dance in full regalia]530 Arts; 290 Clothing; 301Ornament; 292 Special Garments; 300 Adornment; 535 DanceLarge group of Paiwan, hands clasped, circling in front of slate roofed building. There is a stone statue near the center of the ring, indicating the courtyard of a headman or chief.
9. [wa0180] 19 Dolls of Famous Generals, Formosa [wa0180] 19 Dolls of Famous Generals, Formosa290 Clothing; 292 Special Garments; 790 Ecclesiastical Organization; 780 Religious Practices; 796 Organized CeremonialTranslated Japanese caption: these ""masked likenesses of Generals Fan 范将軍 and Xie 謝将軍 appear in Taiwanese festival processions. In lively worship of the spirits, the eyeballs and the chins of the masks move while the dancers wave their arms. This phenomenon cannot be seen outside of Taiwan."" Matsumoto (1990) adds: ""Fan and Xie were the indispensable figures in the parade"" (p. 412). The 1932 Taiwan Railway Guide explained to its Japanese audience the extravagance of these processions [translation]: ""Taiwanese worship and ritual life has a particular sensibility; they don't think twice about consuming all of their hard-earned and thriftily accumulated money on a single festival procession. They offer pigs, chickens, ducks, etc. as a form of sacrifice at festival time, they set off exploding rows of bamboo tubes packed with gunpowder and burn i
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