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![Ofune Site: Excavated whale vertebra](https://static.akarenga-h.jp/en/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/5-010-695x469.jpg)
This bone excavated from the cover soil of a dwelling is from a large whale with an estimated length of 14 or 15 m. Bone knives and other artifacts made of whale bone have also been unearthed.
photo courtesy: Hakodate City Government