蘭嶼島上的四個雅美族婦女

[英文]Four women, two standing and two seated under a thatched roof on pavement of round stones. The skirts in this photo are similar to the classic form described by Chen Ch-lu as being @made by sewing together three pieces of ramie cloth each 16-17 cm. wide. At both ends there are usually three blue stripes running lengthwise. The cloth is wound around the waist and held by a tightly-tied string. This skirt is worn from the age of five or six onwards....The older generation Chen wrote in the 1960s usually wears only a skirt; but the younger generation, probably because of foreign influence, may put on a breast covering@ (Chen 1968, p. 172). See images wa0318 and wa0323 for approximate color of these garments. The caption in Riban no tomo trans.: @The young Yami women of Orchid Island; wives by contrast are never far from their husband$s side.@