Knife with handle and sheath
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Language: Ainu
Knife with handle and
sheath
Ivory scabbard and grip are carved in relief with a four-clawed four-clawed dragon in stylised clouds. The material was coloured with a partly artificial patina artificial patina and polished to emphasise the relief effect. On the handle there is a small opening as a cord pull-through so that the knife can be attached. The design of the decoration and the material are strongly reminiscent of Japan. It could be a type of belt gag (jap. netsuke) with which small objects (jap. sashimono) were attached. were attached. The shape corresponds to a 'sashi netsuke'. The material is probably not probably not elephant ivory, but the tooth of a marine creature.
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Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum - Kulturen der Welt
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Cultural attribution
Ainu
Object type
knives
Dimensions
20 x 302 x 88 mm
Current location
Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum
Inventory number
RJM 10687
Other number(s)
RJM 1899/01
Provenance and sources
when
19th century
where
Japan
Asia -> East-Asia -> Japan -> North-Japan ->
Hokkaido
when
1897-25-11
where
Cologne
when
1899-28-01
where
Cologne
who
Rautenstrauch, Adele - Donors
Rautenstrauch, Adolf - Donors
Naturhistorisches Museum Köln - Recipients
when
1901-01-10
where
Cologne
who
Naturhistorisches Museum Köln - Former Possessors
Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum für Völkerkunde - Recipients
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Language: Ainu
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