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Language: Ainu
Language: Ainu
Bow

This bow was used to hunt large land mammals. The round wood is moulded into a simple bow, the ends of which were connected by a string of connected by a string of plant bast. This is knotted to the thickened end of the bow and was tied to the other side attached to the other side with a sling before use.

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Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum - Kulturen der Welt
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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Ainu
Object type
bows (weapons)
Dimensions
1290 x 26 x 125 mm
Current location
Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum
Inventory number
RJM 25256
Other number(s)
RJM 1910/05

Provenance and sources

when
19th century
where
Japan
Asia -> East-Asia -> Japan -> North-Japan -> Hokkaido

when
1906

when
1910-15-05
Source(s)
Konvolutakte RJM 1910/05

when
1910-15-05
Source(s)
Konvolutakte RJM 1910/05
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