服とかざり
Clothing and Ornaments
縄文時代の人々は、どんな服を着ていたのでしょうか。
What kind of clothes did people in the Jōmon period wear?
布の服は、ほとんど残っていないので、よくわかりません。
Almost no cloth clothing has survived, so we do not know much about it.
寒い季節には、動物の毛皮を着たと考えられています。
It is thought that in the cold season they wore animal furs.
麻などの草の繊維で編んだ布、つまり編布の服もあったようです。
It seems there were also clothes made of cloth plaited from plant fibers such as hemp, that is, angin cloth.
骨で作った針は、たくさん見つかっています。
Many needles made of bone have been found.
この針で、毛皮や布を縫ったのでしょう。
They probably sewed fur and cloth with these needles.
きれいな服を着た人もいたかもしれません。
There may also have been people who wore beautiful clothes.
でも、どんな色や形だったかは、残念ながらわかりません。
But unfortunately, we do not know what colors or shapes they were.
縄文の人々は、かざりも大好きでした。
The people of the Jōmon period were also very fond of ornaments.
貝で作った腕輪や、動物の骨や牙で作った首かざりが見つかっています。
Bracelets made of shell and necklaces made of animal bones and fangs have been found.
貝で作った腕輪は、貝輪と呼ばれています。
A bracelet made of shells is called a kaiwa (shell ring).
耳に着ける耳飾りもありました。
There were also earrings worn on the ears.
新潟県の糸魚川では、ヒスイという美しい緑色の石が取れ、大珠という大きな玉に加工されました。
In Itoigawa in Niigata Prefecture, a beautiful green stone called jade was found, and it was worked into large beads called taishu.
漆をぬった櫛やうつわもあり、約九千年前の漆の製品も見つかっています。
There were also combs and vessels coated with lacquer, and lacquer products about 9,000 years old have been found.