VTG 60's JAPANESE AINU BEAR w/FISH - S. TAKAHASHI CARVED WOOD SIGNATURE/ LABEL

Description

For sale is a rare vintage 1960's signed w/ label AINU S. TAKAHASHI Black Bear wood carving. The bear is black in color with a silverish Salmon in his mouth.  He is in excellent condition with no cracks, chips or stains.   Displays Nicely!
The AINU are an ethnic group (distinct from the Japanese) that live today almost exclusively on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido. They were traditionally hunters-gatherers and fishermen. When the Japanese came to Hokkaido they really hit the Ainu homelands very hard and took away their fishing stations, many of their resources and AINU were left with very few ways to make a living. One of the things that started working for them in the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century was wood carving art.
A key symbol for the Ainu was the Bear due to their religious beliefs, and became famous for their
extraordinary
bear carvings.
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