Vintage Japanese Ainu Bear Kuma w/ Salmon Signed Sugi Wood ~9" Obi Gilt brass rim at lip

Gilt brass rim at lip

Art Length = 21

It weighs just under 3 pounds

one cabinet with sliding doors and another with three pullout shelves

created within the Indigenous carving traditions of the Ainu people of northern Japan

Vintage Japanese Ainu Bear Kuma w/ Salmon Signed Sugi Wood ~9" Obi Gilt brass rim at lipA finely hand carved wooden bear clutching a salmon in its jaws, a classic motif rooted in the traditions of the Ainu people of northern Japan. These sculpted bearsknown collectively as Horiguma () represent one of the most recognizable and beloved forms of Hokkaid folk art, merging spiritual reverence with regional craftsmanship. In Ainu cosmology, the bear (kimun kamuy, mountain god) was regarded as one of the most powerful deities, descending from