Arrow Poison Board
A447B
From: Japan | Hokkaido | Okotsunai
Curatorial Section: Asian
Object Number | A447B |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Ainu |
Provenience | Japan | Hokkaido | Okotsunai |
Section | Asian |
Materials | Wood |
Description | Surku nima (スㇽクニマ). This wooden board would have held aconite a posion made from the monkshood plant (Aconitum yesoense Nakai). |
Length | 19.7 cm |
Width | 3.3 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of Dr. Hiram M. Hiller, 1901 |
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