Editing Ainu people (section)

===Ornaments===
[[File:Face detail, "Ainu leader." Department of Anthropology, Japanese exhibit, 1904 World's Fair (cropped).jpg|thumb|Ainu leader wearing a [[matanpushi]] in 1904]]
Traditionally, Ainu men wear a crown called a {{lang|ain-Latn|[[sapanpe]]}} for important ceremonies. {{lang|ain-Latn|Sapanpe}} are made from wood fiber with bundles of partially shaved wood. The crown has wooden figures of animal gods and other ornaments in its center.<ref name="Service2006">{{cite book |title=Ancient Japan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6z1vkF0xzHcC&q=matanpushi&pg=PA39 |year=2006 |publisher=Social Studies School Service |isbn=978-1-56004-256-3 |page=39}}</ref> Men carry an {{lang|ain-Latn|emush}} (ceremonial sword){{sfnp|Fitzhugh|Dubreuil|1999|p=[{{GBurl|4oRxAAAAMAAJ|p=107}} 107]}} secured by an {{lang|ain-Latn|emush-at}} strap to their shoulders.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BtszAQAAIAAJ&q=emush |title=Tribal: The Magazine of Tribal Art |year=2003 |publisher=Primedia Inc. |pages=76 & 78}}</ref>

[[File:Ainu woman (from a book Published in 1931) P.81.png|thumb|An Ainu woman from Hokkaido, {{circa|1930}}]]

Ainu women traditionally wear {{lang|ain-Latn|[[matanpushi]]}}, embroidered headbands, and {{lang|ain-Latn|ninkari}}, metal earrings with balls. {{lang|ain-Latn|Matanpushi}} and {{lang|ain-Latn|ninkari}} were originally also worn by men. Furthermore, aprons called {{lang|ain-Latn|maidari}} are now part of women's formal clothes. However, some old documents state that men wore {{lang|ain-Latn|maidari}}.{{citation needed|date=February 2020}} Women sometimes wear a bracelet called a {{lang|ain-Latn|tekunkani}}.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ainu-museum.or.jp/en/study/eng08.html |title=Ainu History and Culture |website=Ainu Museum |access-date=September 30, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130123224933/http://www.ainu-museum.or.jp/en/study/eng08.html |archive-date=January 23, 2013 }}</ref>

Women may wear a necklace called a {{lang|ain-Latn|rektunpe}}, a long, narrow strip of cloth with metal plaques.<ref name="Service2006" /> They may also wear a necklace that reaches the breast, called a {{lang|ain-Latn|[[tamasay]]}} or {{lang|ain-Latn|shitoki}}, usually made from glass balls. Some glass balls came from trade with the Asian continent. The Ainu also obtained glass balls secretly made by the [[Matsumae clan]].{{sfnp|Fitzhugh|Dubreuil|1999|p=[{{GBurl|4oRxAAAAMAAJ|p=158}} 158]|loc="Some glass beads were brought to the Ainu through trade with the Asian continent, but others were secretly made by the Matsumae clan at their headquarters in Hakodate."}}