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People fishing salmon with a "morep" from a canoe
People fishing salmon with a "morep" from a canoe
Object Number 2004.29.15423
Display Title People fishing salmon with a "morep" from a canoe
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Aino / Ainu canoe coming down the Chitose River. Fishing salmon / with a "morep" (a harpoon in his right hand - a hook peculiarly / fastened to end of a harpoon). Chitose, Sapporo, Hokkaido Japan. / Dec. 1925 / Gift of Menozo Utsurikawa"
Department Photographic
Date December 1925
Culture
  • Ainu
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / Japan
Materials Print, black and white adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 8.5725 × 14.605 cm (3 3/8 × 5 3/4 in.)
Provenance
Donor Donated by Nenozo Utsurikawa

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