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Language: Ainu
Language: Ainu

Earrings

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This ear jewellery probably travelled via an important trade route in the Edo period (1603-1868) important trade route from China via Russia to Sakhalin/Hokkaido. It was worn worn by women and men.

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Data Provider
Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum - Kulturen der Welt

Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Ainu
Object type
ear ornaments
Dimensions
163 x 18 x 70 mm
Material/Technique
Copper alloy; silver alloy; hair, animal;
Current location
Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum
Inventory number
RJM 52
Other number(s)
RJM 1901/09 (Convolute number)

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    19th century
    where
    Japan
    Asia -> East-Asia -> Japan -> North-Japan -> Hokkaido
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Asia

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