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Wooden replica of a Japanese sword (jap. katana) with scabbard
scabbard (without blade). Handle and scabbard with a metal in gold-coloured alloy
("yellow plate") and studded with ornaments made of the same material.
Ceremonial swords of this type were mainly used at the bear festival and then hung on a
hung on a simple cord from the so-called nusa fence.
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Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum - Kulturen der Welt
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Cataloguing data
Cultural attribution
Ainu
Object type
ceremonial objects
Dimensions
50 x 1460 x 125 mm
Current location
Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum
Inventory number
RJM 25277
Other number(s)
RJM 1910/05
Provenance and sources
when
19th century
where
Japan
Asia -> East-Asia -> Japan -> North-Japan ->
Hokkaido
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