THE BROOKLYN MUSEUM 



of divination. Small arrows were used in playing a game, 

 and Korean playing cards still bear representations of the 

 arrows from which they were derived. Opposite this ex- 

 hibit is a case of spear heads. 



An exhibit of articles from Formosa, comprising baskets, 

 hats, palm-leaf clothing, weapons and other objects, occu- 

 pies a case at the east end of this corridor, followed by an 

 exhibit of carved wooden implements from the Ainu. These 

 peoples, who inhabited Japan before the advent of the Jap- 

 anese and probably once occupied the greater part of the 

 country, are now confined almost entirely to the Island of 

 Yezo in northern Japan. Their culture was that of the 

 Stone Age, characterized by the entire absence of metal. 

 The east corridor on this floor contains exhibits of Ainu 

 culture showing looms and methods of weaving rough fab- 

 rics from elm-tree bark, heads of the deified bear, carved 

 knife sheaths, pipe holders, tobacco boxes and moustache 

 lifters, models of boats and canoes, and utensils. 



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