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Language: Ainu
Language: Ainu

Digging stick

The device in the shape of a wooden stake with an oval cross-section is tapered at the bottom. On the conically narrowing upper part there is a a transverse handle with a round cross-section. Notched decoration on the upper part. The implement is made from a single piece of wood. A digging stick was used in the used in the gathering economy and served to dig up roots.

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Data Provider
Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum - Kulturen der Welt

Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Ainu
Object type
digging sticks
Dimensions
35 x 701 x 76 mm
Material/Technique
Wood
Current location
Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum
Inventory number
RJM 25421
Other number(s)
RJM 1910/05 (Convolute number)

Provenance and sources

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