Word: yezo
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Another exhibit is of the Ainu tribe on Yezo Island in the Japanese archipelago. These people live under Nipponese rule in an environment similar to the State of Maine's but dislike the Japanese intensely and would probably be friendly to an Allied expeditionary force. The main pastime of this race seems to be in getting inebriated on the local brands of beer and wine, and one of the most prized objects in this collection is a beard cleaner which the Ainu use to brush their beards free of liquor. Another object prized by the Peabody is the mummified body...
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