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Bear ceremony
Object Number 2004.29.15418
Display Title Bear ceremony
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Aino / Bear Ceremony. Pulling the bear around and / shotting it with arrows. Shiraoi, Huri, Hokkaido. / December, 1925. / Gift of Menozo Utsurikawa 1926."
Department Photographic
Date December 1925
Culture
  • Ainu
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / Japan
Materials Print, black and white adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 9.8425 × 14.9225 cm (3 7/8 × 5 7/8 in.)
Provenance
Donor Donated by Nenozo Utsurikawa

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