Bear Cub Feeding Trough
A442A
From: Japan | Hokkaido | Shiraoi
Curatorial Section: Asian
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Native Name
Itan-ki
Object Number
A442A
Current Location
Collections Storage
Culture
Ainu
Provenience
Japan | Hokkaido | Shiraoi
Date Made
Before 1901
Section
Asian
Materials
Wood
Description
Heper-o-ipe-p (ヘペㇾオイペプ). Bear cub feeding trough.
Length
55 cm
Width
13 cm
Thickness
7.5 cm
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. Hiram M. Hiller, 1901
Current & Past Exhibitions
This object has never been on display.
Bibliography
Ainu Bunka Shinkō Kenkyū Suishin Kikō. アイヌの工芸 : ペンシルバニア大学考古学人類学博物館ヒラーコレクション = Ainu collections : University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Hiller Collections . Sapporo: Ainu Bunka Shinkō Kenkyū Suishin Kikō, 2008. See: Fig. 146 pg. 68
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Fitzhugh, William W., and Chisato Dubreuil. Ainu: Spirit of a Northern People . Washington, D.C.: Arctic Studies Center, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution in Association with University of Washington Press, 1999. See: Fig. 35.3, pg. 250
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