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 come 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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Data Provider
Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum - Kulturen der Welt

Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Ainu
Object type
woodworking knives
Dimensions
25 x 305 x 84 mm
Material/Technique
Wood; iron alloy; bone; birch bark; Fish leather; Leather
Current location
Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum
Inventory number
RJM 25285
Other number(s)
RJM 1910/05 (Convolute number)

Provenance and sources

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