No. | 43 |
Description | Antler with ray carving |
Site | Sakaeura Ⅱ Site: on the floor of Pit House 7 |
Size (cm) | L. 12.5 |
Period | Late stage of Okhotsk culture |
Date | 8-9th century |
Possessor | Tokoro Research Laboratory |
Comment | In the Okhotsk culture, there are many artifacts with zoomorphic representations other than bear designs. This example is a tool made of antler bearing the expression of a ray and a fish hook. On the ray relief can be seen a gill or blowhole, and the fish hook seems to be a three-part composition fish hook. |