Carved Wooden Bear Figure
date: label: Accession Date
content: 12 Jul 2013
label: Collection Date
content: 1 Jan 1931 to 31 Dec 1932
name: label: Collector
content: Carl Etter
label: Donor Name
content: Patricia A. Etter
notes: label: Notes
content: One of three carved wooden bears [E433542-E433544], including a “mother” bear and two “cubs”, collected by Carl Etter (1898-1982) sometime between 1931-32 while he was doing fieldwork on Ainu culture and folklore, probably in Hokkaido or in Ainu Country. This catalog number is a "cub bear". The other cub is E433543 and the mother is E433542. The bear is carved wood, painted black with accents carved further to expose the natural wood color. Unlike the other two bears, this one does not have glass beads for eyes (missing?). The bear's face is looking upward.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 4 Feb 2016
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Hokkaido (not certain) / Sakhalin Island (not certain), Japan, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Japanese, Ainu
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2062506
label: USNM Number
content: E433544-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Figure
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: ca. 10.5 cm
label: Width
content: ca. 6 cm
label: Height
content: ca. 7 cm