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Drs. William H. Furness and Hiram M. Hiller were a pair of Harvard-educated physicians who traveled to Borneo, [[Amami Islands|Amami]], and [[Okinawa Prefecture|Okinawa]] in [[1895]]-[[1896]], obtaining artifacts which they then donated to the [[University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology]].
Following their graduation from Harvard University, they departed for Borneo in 1895, stopping in [[Yokohama]], Amami, and Okinawa on their way there. After a journey of roughly eight months, and a stay in Borneo of four months, they returned to the United States, donating 57 Amami and Okinawan objects and 3 diaries, along with objects from mainland Japan and Borneo, to the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.
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==References==
*Takayasu Fuji, "[http://amview.japan.usembassy.gov/wordpress/provenance-of-okinawan-artifacts-in-the-united-states/ Provenance of Okinawan Artifacts in the United States]," ''American View'', 23 Jan 2008.
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