THE AINOS OF YEZO, JAPAN. 499 



Quiver and arrows. — Quiver made of wood bound with bark, having carved projected 

 pieces along tbe sides. The form is common to all the Ainos. Arrows witb boue 

 or bamboo beads (see Fig. 84). Tsuisbikari Ainos, Yezo, 1388. 150785,150786 



Loom. — Four pieces, constituting tbe essential parts of a native loom for weaving ohiyo- 

 bark cloth. Tsuishikari Ainos, Yezo, 1888. 150787 



Harpoon. — A barbed iron head, with lateral barbs on the shank, loosely fitted on the 

 end of a wooden shaft and secured by thongs to a line. When a fish is struck the 

 head leaves the shaft and the fish is pulled in with the line. Used for shallow- 

 river fishing. Tsuishikari Ainos, Yezo, 1888. 150788 



Fish spear. — A spear identical with 150662, but smaller. Tsuishikari Ainos, 1888. 



150788 



Cake of dried lily root— Similar to Nos. 150741, 150742, and 150744, but of slightly dif- 

 ferent form. Tsuishikari Ainos, Yezo, 1888. 150789 



Wooden plates. — Square aud rectangular, carved on the inside. Ainos of Yezo, 1875 

 Collected by Gen. H. Capron. 19416 



Wooden plate. — Ainos of Yezo, 1876. Collected by Benj. Smith Lyman. 22256 



LIST OF YEZO, AINO AND SHIKOTAN PHOTOGRAPHS OBTAINED BY 



EOMYN HITCHCOCK. 



Backs of houses, Shikotan. — Showing the mounds of earth over the pits, connected with 

 the main or thatched houses. Negative by R. Hitchcock, August, 1888. 56 



Villagers, Shikotan. — The Kurile Islanders now occupying the dwellings on Shikotan. 

 Negative by R. Hitchcook, August, 1888. 57 



Yieiv of Nemuro, Yezo. — Looking over the the town toward the harbor, showing Beu- 

 tenjima, on which are numerous pits and a shell-heap. Negative by R. Hitchcock, 

 August, 1888. 58 



Pottery. — Specimens of so-called " Aino" pottery, from the collection of M. l'Abbe' 

 Furel, Hakodate. Negative by R. Hitchcock, August, 1888. 59 



View of Hakodate. — From back of the town, overlooking the harbor. Negative by R. 

 Hitchcock, August, 1888. 61 



House on Shikotan. — The front or thatched house aud back passage of the Kurile 

 Islanders. Negative by R. Hitchcock, August, 1883. 65 



Earth houses on Shikotan. — Two detached earth or pit dwellings. Negative by R. 

 Hitchcock, August, 1888. 66 



Aino house, Bekkai, Yezo. — From the southeast. Showing a small, conical tent cov- 

 ered with mats on the south side of the house, in which an aged woman and a 

 dog were found sleeping. (See page 451.) Negative by R. Hitchcock. August, 

 1888. 740 



Aino house and storehouse, Bekkai, Yezo. — Another view of the house shown in No. 

 740, from the northeast, showing a storehouse in the foreground and a second 

 house on the left. Negative by R. Hitchcock, August, 1888. 741 



Group of five Ainos, Shari, Yezo. — Four women and one mau standing at the entrance 

 to a house, a Japanese on the right. Negative by R. Hitchcock, August, 

 1888. 742 



Aino man and woman, Shari, Yezo. — Standing before the side door of a house. Nega- 

 tive by R, Hitchcock, August, 1888. 743 



Aino house and storehouse, Shari, Yezo. — A large and well-built dwelling thatched 

 with reeds (arundinaria). Fish nets drying on a frame raised on poles. Nega- 

 tive by R. Hitchcock, August, 1888. 744 



Aino house, Shari, Yezo. — The house has a small aperture just beneath the ridge for 

 the escape of smoke, and a hole in the roof, closed with a sliding shutter ; also a 

 lateral projection forming a side room for storage. There is a sliding front door, 

 outside of which a mat may be dropped down in cold weather. Negative by R. 

 Hitchcock, August, 1888. 745 



