| Add note: These pictures may reflect the consequences of increased Japanese activity in the highlands. Japanese officers often used Aborigines to fight their local rivals, with various incentives. The headhunter wearing a belt with cartridges was photographed by Mori Ushinosuke in August 1904, just after a bloody Japanese instigated massacre of Wushe area Atayal by Bununs allied with the police. That is to say, these postcards may reflect a sort of danger, but not necessarily a danger to outsiders. The other photos are staged and required cooperation due to the slow shutter speeds of the time. (~thanks historyguy) |
