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Two amas (women divers) on shore: one, who has just brought up a shellfish, holds a trowel in her teeth as she wrings out her skirt, while the other woman places the shellfish in a basket. Colour woodcut after Utamaro, 1900/1920 (?).

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Two amas (women divers) on shore: one, who has just brought up a shellfish, holds a trowel in her teeth as she wrings out her skirt, while the other woman places the shellfish in a basket. Colour woodcut after Utamaro, 1900/1920 (?).