ketushi

Language: Ainu
Language: Ainu
Bag

The small bag was used as a container for the lighter when hunting or used for tobacco. The brownish fabric made of elm bast is additionally decorated with stripes (shiriki) woven in the warp direction from dark blue cotton yarn imported from Japan. cotton yarn imported from Japan. The edge is bordered with a narrow strip of blue-coloured, imported cotton blue coloured cotton fabric. A small piece of silk wadding (jap. mawatta) is attached to the pocket. which is somewhat sticky due to the so-called silk glue. It is possible that two pieces of this material imported from Japan may have been attached in such a way that they formed a kind of Velcro fastener.

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Ainu
Object type
bags (generic containers)
Dimensions
340 x 270 x 30 mm
Current location
Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum
Inventory number
RJM 25325
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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