COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
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The AMICA Library
Collection
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AMICA ID:
MMA_.1975.268.327,337,341,343,
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MMA_.1975.268.327,337,341,343,
AMICA ID
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AMICA Library Year:
2002
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2002
AMICA Library Year
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Object Type:
Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
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Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
Object Type
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Description:
These implements?an arrowhead, fishhooks, needle, and harpoon?were skillfully carved from bone, a material worked by Japanese artisans since Paleolithic times. They were found in the Obara Shell Mound at Ofunato Bay in Iwate Prefecture. According to information gleaned from shell mounds, or middens, the people of the Jomon period relied on a variety of strategies to obtain food. The large number of fishhooks, fashioned with and without barbs, together with the rich array of marine remains found in these rubbish heaps since very early times indicate that some fifty species of fish and shellfish constituted an essential dietary staple. Toggle-head harpoons, a later innovation, facilitated the hunting of sea mammals. Attaching a line to the toggle allowed the hunter to draw in his prey once the toggle had broken away from the harpoon shaft. Further evidence gathered from these refuse dumps suggests that the Jomon people also relied heavily on nuts, collected most actively in the autumn, and hunted animals, notably wild boar and deer.
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These implements?an arrowhead, fishhooks, needle, and harpoon?were skillfully carved from bone, a material worked by Japanese artisans since Paleolithic times. They were found in the Obara Shell Mound at Ofunato Bay in Iwate Prefecture. According to information gleaned from shell mounds, or middens, the people of the Jomon period relied on a variety of strategies to obtain food. The large number of fishhooks, fashioned with and without barbs, together with the rich array of marine remains found in these rubbish heaps since very early times indicate that some fifty species of fish and shellfish constituted an essential dietary staple. Toggle-head harpoons, a later innovation, facilitated the hunting of sea mammals. Attaching a line to the toggle allowed the hunter to draw in his prey once the toggle had broken away from the harpoon shaft. Further evidence gathered from these refuse dumps suggests that the Jomon people also relied heavily on nuts, collected most actively in the autumn, and hunted animals, notably wild boar and deer.
Description
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Creator Nationality:
Asian; Far East Asian; Japanese
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Asian; Far East Asian; Japanese
Creator Nationality
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Creator Name-CRT:
Japan
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Japan
Creator Name-CRT
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Title:
Needles, hooks, and harpoon
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Needles, hooks, and harpoon
Title
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View:
Principal view
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Principal view
View
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Creation Date:
Date unknown
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Date unknown
Creation Date
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Materials and Techniques:
Bone
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Bone
Materials and Techniques
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Style or Period:
Final Jomon period (ca. 1000?300 B.C.)
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Final Jomon period (ca. 1000?300 B.C.)
Style or Period
false
Creation Place:
Japan
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Japan
Creation Place
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Dimensions:
Not measured
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Not measured
Dimensions
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AMICA Contributor:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
AMICA Contributor
false
Owner Location:
New York, New York
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New York, New York
Owner Location
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ID Number:
1975.268.327, 337, 341, 343, 345
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1975.268.327, 337, 341, 343, 345
ID Number
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Credit Line:
The Harry G. C. Packard Collection of Asian Art, Gift of Harry G. C. Packard, and Purchase, Fletcher, Rogers, Harris Brisbane Dick and Louis V. Bell Funds, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest , and The Annenberg Fund Inc. Gift, 1975
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The Harry G. C. Packard Collection of Asian Art, Gift of Harry G. C. Packard, and Purchase, Fletcher, Rogers, Harris Brisbane Dick and Louis V. Bell Funds, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest , and The Annenberg Fund Inc. Gift, 1975
Credit Line
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Copyright:
Copyright ? 2002 The Metropolitan Museum of Art . All rights reserved.
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Copyright ? 2002 The Metropolitan Museum of Art . All rights reserved.
Copyright
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Rights:
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<a href="http://www.metmuseum.org/education/er_photo_lib.asp"target="_new">http://www.metmuseum.org/education/er_photo_lib.asp</a>
Rights
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Related Image Identifier Link:
MMA_.h1_1975.268.333-.345.342A.tif
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MMA_.h1_1975.268.333-.345.342A.tif
Related Image Identifier Link
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