"The old Mamasan"
1 2020-04-30T18:07:02-04:00 Kate McDonald 306bb1134bc892ab2ada669bed7aecb100ef7d5f 35 2 "This old Mamason was none too happy to be cornered for a picture, but after I took it I bowed and thanked her in Japanese and she gave me a big toothless smile. If you look closely you can see the tattoos on her hands and wrists that are placed on there at marriage. This was outlawed in 1879 by the Japanese, but there are still lots of them to be seen. The material in her dress is of local origins." plain 2021-09-16T16:28:45-04:00 The Gail Project 1951-1952 Dustin Wright Charles Eugene Gail The Gail Project; University of California, Santa Cruz Used with permission. Dustin Wright DW-0028 Kate McDonald 306bb1134bc892ab2ada669bed7aecb100ef7d5fThis page is referenced by:
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Okinawan Adults
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Gail's portraits of Okinawan adults
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These images differ from those in the “Daily Life and Work” page in that here, labor does not appear to be the major focus of either Charles Gail or the people in the photographs. Instead, Gail seems particularly interested in trying to capture the portraiture (attire and physical characteristics of the people themselves), which he often described in writing on backs of the images.
