Note: on p. 440 of "The Ainos of Yezo, Japan," by Romyn Hitchcock, U.S. National Museum Annual Report for 1890, HItchcock indicates that the Tsuishikari Ainu had come from Sakhalin Island in 1875 and settled in the Ishikari River valley of Hokkaido, Japan, not too far from Sapporo. He says: "I was unable to visit them, but through the courtesy of Mr. H. Sato, of the Sapporo Agricultural College, I was able to secure a valuable collection of articles from them ..."
From card: "Elm bark cloth." From 19th or early 20th century exhibit label with card: "Woman's coat. - Made of the ohiyo or elm bark cloth; precisely like the man's coat, but embroidered with blue, red, and yellow cotton yarn directly on the bark-cloth. Collected by Romyn Hitchcock."
Illus. Fig. 19.8 p. 152 of Fitzhugh, William W., and Chisato O. Dubreuil. 1999. Ainu: spirit of a northern people. [Washington, D.C.]: Arctic Studies Center, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution in association with University of Washington Press.