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Atayal girls playing mouth harps 3

NCL Special Collection / 4676 / (N/A) / About 1920s / 《Faces of the Century (Part II)》

The image of Atayal girls playing mouth harps under peach blossoms seems to be Japanese in flavor. To the Japanese, this symbolizes that the aboriginal society is stable since the Japanese education proved successful. The girls in the photo are Atayal of the Wushe Group.