As the clay figures are designed quite differently from real human beings, it is apparent that the figures were not made to represent real Jomon people; therefore, it is doubtful that they represent the real form of clothing from those days.
しかし、土偶のデザインがリアルな人間とかけ離れていることから、当時の人々を写実的に表現したものではないことは明らかで、実際の衣服の実態をどの程度反映しているかはっきりしない。