Knife Sheath
Object Number:
A436G
Current Location:
Collections storage
Culture:
Ainu
Provenience:
Japan
Shiraoi
Section:
Asian
Materials:
Wood
Description:
Makiri (マキリ). Knife sheath. Small, heavily carved in wave pattern with a four-petaled motif at center. Some fish scale carving.
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. Hiram M. Hiller
Bibliography:
[Catalogue] Ainu Bunka Shinkō Kenkyū Suishin Kikō. 2008. アイヌの工芸 : ペンシルバニア大学考古学人類学博物館ヒラーコレクション = Ainu collections : University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Hiller Collections. : Page/Fig./Plate: Fig. 85 pg. 49
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