Knife Sheath

Object Number:

A436H

Current Location:

Collections storage

Culture:

Ainu

Provenience:

Japan
Shiraoi

Section:

Asian

Materials:

Wood

Description:

Makiri (マキリ). Knife sheath. Small, curved sheath with notch at back. Rope wraps over sheath/loops. Same carving both sides. Circles at center with fish scales in triangles at blade connection.

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. 86 pg. 49

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