Vintage Ainu Hokkaido Black Bear Carving Wood Japanese Forest Salmon Mouth Japan

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Rare MAMA Hokkaido Black Bear Carving Wood Japanese Forest Catch Salmon Vintage
By Ainu people who lived Hokkaido Japan.
Original from Japan
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Type - Mama Bear
The Ainu are an ethnic group, distinct from the Japanese, that live today almost exclusively on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido. They were traditionally hunters-gatherers and fishermen. They didn't practice rice farming like the Japanese. They hunted bear, sea otter, deer and other animals, gathered wild plants and fished for whales, seal lions, swordfish and salmon on the open seas until they were driven inland by the Japanese.When Japanese came to Hokkaido they really hit the Ainu homelands very hard and took away their fishing stations, many of their resources and Ainu were left with very few ways to make a living. One of the things that started working for them in the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century was art. So the Ainu became museum people. They began to open small museums and they began to do art and craft for the tourists, both Japanese and others. And one of the first objects that became kind of a key symbol for the Ainu because of their religious life and their belief in the bear was to make bear carvings. And later on artists developed much more skill in portraying naturalistic bears. The problem for the Ainu was that the bear was the most important ritual animal in their culture and to change it into a monetary item for them was extremely difficult and many Ainu refused to have anything to do with this economy. But gradually they separated some of their economic and some of their religious interests and today the Ainu are known mostly in the craft world as bear carvers.
Specification
Condition      :    Use with old collectible as Picture
Material         :
Wood
Color
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Black
Quantity        :    1 Pcs
Size                 :    3" W x 6.0" L x  3.5" H(Approx)
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The color of the item may vary slightly due to photography and different PC monitor. But, we guarantee the style which is the same as shown in the picture. Your kindly understanding will be appreciated.
The size may vary slightly due to different measured tool and unit.
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