Vintage Japanese Ainu Hand Carved Bear w/ Salmon Cedar Kuma 8" Box The mirror is fully removable

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

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Having been in storage this vase is in excellent condition

likely 1920 or earlier judging by the color of the bamboo

mid-20th-century Takamizawa edition

Vintage Japanese Ainu Hand Carved Bear w/ Salmon Cedar Kuma 8" Box The mirror is fully removableThis 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