Hokkaido, Japan
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[395]
- yes[395]
- no[395]
- asian[395]
- adze[6]
- amulet[4]
- animal trap[1]
- apron[1]
- arrow[23]
- arrow poison[1]
- arrow poison board[2]
- arrowhead[13]
- awl[2]
- baby carrier[1]
- back scratcher[1]
- bag[2]
- basket[9]
- bear cub feeding trough[5]
- bear cub's plaything[1]
- bear cub's toy[2]
- bear skull from nusa[1]
- bear trap arrow sheath[7]
- bear trap part[2]
- bear trap trigger[1]
- belt loom[3]
- bow[7]
- bowl[7]
- burden strap[2]
- cake serving stick[1]
- canteen[1]
- carrying mat[1]
- carrying strap[3]
- ceremonial arrow[3]
- ceremonial bow[1]
- ceremonial headdress[3]
- ceremonial quiver[5]
- ceremonial sword[6]
- charcoal box[2]
- charcoal material[1]
- charm[7]
- chopping knife[1]
- chopping knife sheath[1]
- cigarette holder[1]
- cloth sample[1]
- club[4]
- coat[7]
- cooking vessel[1]
- cord[2]
- deer bones[10]
- deer decoy[1]
- deer jaw[2]
- dipper[1]
- dish[2]
- earring[4]
- fire drill part[3]
- flint[5]
- food serving plate[2]
- grave marker[3]
- hold-all[3]
- hood[3]
- knife[8]
- knife sheath[10]
- legging[6]
- legging for corpse[2]
- leggings[5]
- libation stick[19]
- lily root cake[2]
- loom[2]
- mat[4]
- mat loom leg[2]
- match[5]
- miniature[4]
- model[3]
- necklace[6]
- pestle[2]
- plate[3]
- point[17]
- pot fragments[2]
- pot hook[3]
- prayer stick[8]
- projectile point[2]
- quiver[2]
- quiver charm[2]
- rope[2]
- salmon spear[3]
- scraper[8]
- sherd[17]
- shoe[2]
- skewer for bear meat[3]
- snowshoe[4]
- spoon[11]
- steel[5]
- stirring stick[2]
- sword[2]
- sword belt[3]
- sword sheath[2]
- thread winder[2]
- tinder box[5]
- tobacco pipe[3]
- tool[9]
- torch[2]
- toy[3]
- warp spacer[3]
- weaver's sword[4]
- 20th century[1]
- early jomon[2]
- epi-jomon[1]
- jomon[53]
- late paleolithic[11]
- yayoi[21]
- ainu[337]
- early jomon[2]
- epi-jomon[2]
- japanese[53]
- jomon[51]
- late epi-jomon[1]
- late jomon[1]
- late paleolithic[11]
- neolithic[4]
- paleolithic[1]
- prehistoric[16]
- yayoi[21]
- acorn[1]
- ainu man[1]
- bird skull[1]
- fox skull[1]
- rabbit skull[1]
- sea turtle skull[1]
- skull[1]
- snake[1]
- animal bone[2]
- animal skull[1]
- arrow poison[1]
- bamboo[16]
- bark[18]
- basketry[8]
- bear bone[1]
- bear fur[1]
- bear hide[1]
- birch bark[5]
- bird beak[2]
- bird bone[1]
- bird claw[1]
- bone[7]
- brass[9]
- cherry bark[2]
- clam shell[1]
- clay[23]
- cloth[3]
- cotton[25]
- cowrie shell[1]
- deer bone[12]
- deer hide[2]
- deer sinew[1]
- deerskin[2]
- elm bark[4]
- elm bast[10]
- elm bast fiber[5]
- elm fiber[8]
- elm inner bark[1]
- feather[1]
- feathers[12]
- fiber[19]
- flint[9]
- fox bone[1]
- fungus[1]
- fur[2]
- glass[6]
- grass[5]
- grass rope[1]
- hair[2]
- hawk bone[1]
- hide[3]
- leather[1]
- lily root[2]
- linden bast[2]
- linden inner bark[1]
- metal[25]
- nettle[2]
- obsidian[23]
- paper[1]
- parchment[1]
- plant fiber[3]
- porcelain[1]
- rabbit bone[1]
- rushes[5]
- salmon skin[2]
- sea turtle bone[1]
- sea urchin[1]
- seal gut[1]
- shell[1]
- silk[1]
- sinew[2]
- skin[1]
- steel[5]
- stone[19]
- swordfish skin[1]
- tobacco[1]
- twine[7]
- vegetable fiber[5]
- willow[5]
- willow wood[2]
- wood[187]
- wood shavings[2]
- appliqued[6]
- basketry[8]
- carved[3]
- chipped[4]
- cord marked[18]
- embroidered[8]
- fired[23]
- flaked[27]
- incised[5]
- polished[5]
- unfinished[4]
- woven[10]
- unknown[1]
- actual citation[183]
- type citation[15]
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