An Atayal woman of the Truku Group playing the mouth harp

NCL Special Collection / 4261 / Produced by the Propaganda Society of “Truku” (a national park candidate) and Fujiyama Photo Studio in Taipei, sold by the East Taiwan Newspaper Agency/ Printed in Japan / About 1920s / 《Faces of the Century (Part II)》

The original description reads: “Truku savages have facial tattoos as in primitive times, and they still have the custom of headhunting which contributes to their reputation. Now they are learning from civilized people. But they care about their traditional customs, and release their emotions by playing mouth harps.