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Language: Ainu
Language: Ainu

Lighter

Ainu groups probably adopted the tradition of pipe smoking from their Chinese and their Chinese and Japanese trading partners. This lighter is held together by held together by leather straps on both sides and is decorated with Chinese coins (inscription: Ch'ang-p'ing t-ung-pao, "emergency money", undated). In the pouch two pieces of flint and an openwork chisel with the long sides curved outwards. with the long sides curved outwards.

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Data Provider
Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum - Kulturen der Welt

Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Ainu
Object type
lighters (fire-making equipment)
Dimensions
240 x 110 x 50 mm
Material/Technique
Leather; copper alloy; tooth; sinew, animal;
Current location
Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum
Inventory number
RJM 25412
Other number(s)
RJM 1910/05 (Convolute number)

Provenance and sources

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