makiri / inau-ke-makiri

Language: Ainu
Language: Ainu
Carving knife with sheath

A short iron blade is thorned into the slightly curved wooden handle and held in place with a bone ferrule. The blades of these knives originate from Japan or were made from old metal implements. Knives of this shape were mainly used mainly used to make inao (libation spatulas), but were then without a sheath. sheath.

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Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum - Kulturen der Welt
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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Ainu
Object type
woodworking knives
Dimensions
25 x 305 x 84 mm
Current location
Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum
Inventory number
RJM 25285
Other number(s)
RJM 1910/05

Provenance and sources

when
19th century
where
Russian Federation
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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