tannep-ikor / emush-at

Language: Ainu
Language: Ainu

Ceremonial sword with hanger

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 from a simple cord on the so-called nusa fence.

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Data Provider
Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum - Kulturen der Welt

Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Ainu
Object type
ceremonial objects
Dimensions
50 x 1460 x 125 mm
Material/Technique
Hair, animal; fibre, vegetable; leather;
Current location
Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum
Inventory number
RJM 25277
Other number(s)
RJM 1910/05 (Convolute number)

Provenance and sources

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