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		• AINU: Spirit of a Northern People April 30, 1999 - January 2, 2000
			This international exhibition celebrates the 10,000-year-old culture of the Ainu, the indigenous people of Japan. Highlights include a large model of a seagoing canoe, carved for the exhibition by an Ainu craftsman; a full-size reproduction of a chisé, the home and center of Ainu life; and more than 200 archaeological and ethnological objects, as well as contemporary sculpture, textile art, painting, and jewelry.
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