Ainu_people (also called Ezo in historical texts) are an ethnic group indigenous to Hokkaidō, the Kuril Islands, and much of Sakhalin. There are most likely over 150,000 Ainu today; however the exact figure is not known as many Ainu hide their origin due to racial issues in Japan. In many cases, surviving Ainu may not be even aware of their ancestry, as their parents and grandparents kept their descent private in order to protect their children from social problems.
MOLLI (The Museum On-line Learning Initiative) :: MOLLI s main aim is to make the objects from the Ethnography collection of the Royal Albert Memorial museum in Exeter, UK, available to a much wider audience through the world wide web, and to bring these