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Language: Ainu
Language: Ainu
Bear lance

The iron tip is attached to the long wooden shaft and tied with two leather cords two leather cords, which are threaded through holes in the spout of the tip. It was not used for hunting, but served ceremonial purposes at the bear festival. This This lance originates from the region around the Amur River and arrived via an important trade route in the Edo period (1603-1868). (1603-1868) trade route from China via Russia to Sakhalin/Hokkaido.

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Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum - Kulturen der Welt
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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Ainu
Object type
ceremonial objects
Dimensions
54 x 2125 x 45 mm
Current location
Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum
Inventory number
RJM 25255
Other number(s)
RJM 1910/05

Provenance and sources

when
19th century
where
Russia
Asia -> North Asia -> Russian Federation -> Far East (Federal District) -> Sakhalin Oblast

when
1907

when
1910-15-05
Source(s)
Konvolutakte RJM 1910/05

when
1910-15-05
Source(s)
Konvolutakte RJM 1910/05
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