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From June to September of 1961 and from June of 1962 to January of 1963, Hiroko Hara who was a Ph.D. student of Bryn Mawr College did ethnographical study on the Hare Indians in Canadian arctic by a fund from the Canadian Government. Hiroko Hara's Collection is composed of ethnological materials, dried plants, photographs and recorded tapes, and in March 2006 these were donated to our museum.
In the special exhibition, “Hiroko Hara's Collection” which was held in our museum, 28 items of all ethnic materials, 30 photographs and some specimens of dried plants were exhibited. Though materials in this collection are not numerous, all these are items that were needed for her living and study there, such as mittens and cuttings of fur. Photographs are very important records such as the scenes of smiling children, working women and a process of tanning of moose skin.
The Hiroko Hara's Collection contains very important materials for giving us information on the culture of Hare Indians 45 years ago along with her many reports. As like the case of Hara's Collection, the materials collected by anthropologists have high value, because of the large amount of information that accompanies it.
