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Sword

Native NameTombei
Object Number:A469.3
Current Location: Collections Storage
Culture:Ainu
Provenience: Japan
Hokkaido
Okotsunai
Section:Asian
Materials:Wood
Metal
Cloth
Length: 67 cm
Width: 9.5 cm
Credit Line:Gift of Dr. Hiram M. Hiller, 1901

Description

Emus (エムㇱ) Sword (.1) and sheath (.2). Along with emus-at (エムㇱアッ) sword belt (.3). This ceremonial sword would have been worn during formal occasions along with formal attire. They were also presented to bears during the iyomante (イオマンテ) ceremony as well as being placed on altars.

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.. Sapporo. Ainu Bunka Shinkō Kenkyū Suishin Kikō. pg. 134 p. : chiefly col. ill., maps ; 30 cm Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: Fig. 22 pg. 24View Objects related to this Actual Citation
[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.. Sapporo. Ainu Bunka Shinkō Kenkyū Suishin Kikō. pg. 134 p. : chiefly col. ill., maps ; 30 cm Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: Fig. 124 pg. 63View Objects related to this Actual Citation

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