otoxkoxpe / tampakox

Language: Ainu
Language: Ainu

Tobacco pouch

This bag made from sealskin is edged with blue cotton fabric. edged with blue cotton fabric. The rectangular shape becomes narrower towards the bottom and the upper, open part The upper, open part is cut in a semi-circular curve so that you can easily reach into the bag. It could be attached to the belt with the loop at the top. Pouches like this were tobacco and possibly also all the smoking materials. This form of the pouch was also often used as a container for grinding stones and was then called ruy-o-max called ruy-o-max.

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Data Provider
Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum - Kulturen der Welt

Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Ainu
Object type
bags (generic containers)
Dimensions
345 x 138 x 20 mm
Material/Technique
Fur; hair, animal
Current location
Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum
Inventory number
RJM 25332
Other number(s)
RJM 1910/05 (Convolute number)

Provenance and sources

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