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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
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Cataloguing data
Cultural attribution
Ainu
Object type
knives
Dimensions
60 x 373 x 414 mm
Current location
Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum
Inventory number
RJM 25282
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
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