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Object Number
2004.29.15419
Display Title
People place dead bear before altar
Descriptions
Object Description
Written on board: "Aino / Bear Ceremony. Placing the dead bear before the / altar. Shiraoi, Huri, Hokkaido / December, 1925. / Gift of Menozo Utsurikawa 1926."
Department
Photographic
Date
December 1925
Culture
- Ainu
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia
/
Japan
Dimensions
Overall: 10.795 × 14.9225 cm (4 1/4 × 5 7/8 in.)
Provenance
Donor
Donated by
Nenozo Utsurikawa
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