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Jomon Culture

Female figure made of tusk from Moyoro Shell Mound

Female figure made of tusk from Moyoro Shell Mound

Ten tusk sculptures, which are characteristic of the Okhotsk culture, have been discovered in Hokkaido. The figurine excavated from Moyoro Shell Mound is called Venus of the North.

photo courtesy: Property of Hokkaido Museum of Northern Peoples

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