Japanese Wood Carved Ainu Bear Stool Vtg Side Table Sculpture Hokkaido AB112 spool The house is on top

The house is on top of a hill surrounded by trees

日本大阪 Osaka Japan

Design: Miscanthus

Box corners torn in two places

196 cm long x 60 cm wide ( Ends 66 cm wide)

Japanese Wood Carved Ainu Bear Stool Vtg Side Table Sculpture Hokkaido AB112 spool The house is on topVintage Japanese Ainu Wood Carved Stool with Bear Famously from Hokkaido and northern Japan, this stool or small side table with an intricately hand carved bear with a fish is a traditional Ainu folk handicraft. In Ainu spirituality, bears and other animals are considered vehicles for the divine. Bear sculptures in particular were also used to represent thanks to the animal for providing meat and furs long ago. Brown Wood C1970 Item weight: 1817 grams