Hokkaido, the northernmost island of Japan, has been of interest to archaeologists and anthropologists for over a hundred years. In 1901, Hiram M. Hiller Jr. traveled to the island on behalf of the Penn Museum to collect a representative sample of artifacts from the Ainu culture. His trip lasted just over a month and stretched from the coastal villages near Shiraoi to a circuit around the Uchiura Bay (then known as Volcano Bay). The expedition produced over 250 artifacts as well as three journals of notes and numerous lantern slides, providing the Penn Museum with one of the best-documented Ainu collections in the US. Hiller also collected a small sample of pottery from the ancient Jomon culture which dates as far as back 12,000 BCE. This cord-impressed pottery is some of the oldest known in the world.
- Object[108]
- yes[108]
- no[108]
- asian[108]
- arrow[5]
- arrow poison board[2]
- baby carrier[1]
- bear cub feeding trough[5]
- bear cub's plaything[1]
- bear cub's toy[2]
- bow[6]
- bowl[3]
- ceremonial arrow[2]
- ceremonial headdress[2]
- ceremonial sword[1]
- charcoal box[2]
- chopping knife[1]
- chopping knife sheath[1]
- club[4]
- deer decoy[1]
- food serving plate[2]
- harpoon[1]
- hoop[1]
- knife[4]
- knife sheath[8]
- libation stick[16]
- loom[1]
- millet winnower[1]
- model[2]
- mortar[1]
- oil container[1]
- pestle[2]
- plate[3]
- pot hook[2]
- quiver[1]
- salmon spear[2]
- shed stick[1]
- shuttle[1]
- smoking kit[1]
- snowshoe[4]
- spoon[6]
- stirring stick[2]
- sword[1]
- tobacco box[1]
- tobacco pipe[2]
- tobacco pipe holder[1]
- toy[3]
- walking stick[1]
- warp spacer[2]
- weaver's sword[3]
- animal bone[1]
- arrow poison[1]
- bamboo[4]
- bark[3]
- bird beak[1]
- bird claw[1]
- bone[1]
- brass[1]
- cherry bark[2]
- cloth[1]
- cowrie shell[1]
- deer hide[2]
- deerskin[2]
- fiber[5]
- grass[1]
- grass rope[1]
- hide[2]
- metal[11]
- parchment[1]
- sinew[2]
- swordfish skin[1]
- tobacco[1]
- twine[1]
- vegetable fiber[2]
- wood[108]
- carved[2]
- yes[108]
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