Vintage Japanese Ainu Hand Carved Bear w/ Salmon Cedar Kuma 8" Box establishment name

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This vase measures 12" in diameter by 4" wide

Having been used lovingly and stored for over a century

Having been in storage for several decades

The mirror is fully removable with the use of the old pre-industrial original wooden screws (see picture 9)

Vintage Japanese Ainu Hand Carved Bear w/ Salmon Cedar Kuma 8" Box establishment nameThis unusually blond colored vintage Japanese carving (mid late 20th century) was created by the indigenous Ainu people now mainly on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido. The Ainu people traditionally carved these Kubori Kuma for religious purposes revering the Bear as a deity. Tinted red on the head and neck. Salmon in mouth. This statue measures about 7" tall by 9" long by 6" wide. The carving shows some signs of wear but is overall in very