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Language: Ainu
Language: Ainu

Knife with ornamented wooden sheath and leather belt

The knife has a short handle with a pommel-like widened end, into which a blade is thorned. The sheath, which did not originally belong to this knife The slightly curved sheath, which did not originally belong to this knife, has ornaments that were used by Sakhalin Ainu cultures. The scabbard is attached to a belt made of sealskin by means of a leather strap. On A Japanese coin from the Kengen era (1302-1303) is attached to this strap.

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Data Provider
Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum - Kulturen der Welt

Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Ainu
Object type
knives
Dimensions
60 x 373 x 414 mm
Material/Technique
Wood; iron alloy; sealskin;
Current location
Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum
Inventory number
RJM 25282
Other number(s)
RJM 1910/05 (Convolute number)

Provenance and sources

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