ketushi

Language: Ainu
Language: Ainu

Bag

The small bag was carried 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 bag. 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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Data Provider
Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum - Kulturen der Welt

Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Ainu
Object type
bags (generic containers)
Dimensions
340 x 270 x 30 mm
Material/Technique
Hair, animal; elm bast fibre;
Current location
Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum
Inventory number
RJM 25325
Other number(s)
RJM 1910/05 (Convolute number)

Provenance and sources

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