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Knife Sheath

Object Number:A436F
Current Location: Collections Storage
Culture:Ainu
Provenience: Japan
Hokkaido
Shiraoi
Section:Asian
Materials:Wood
Length: 21 cm
Width: 6.3 cm
Credit Line:Gift of Dr. Hiram M. Hiller, 1901

Description

Makiri (マキリ). Knife sheath. Triad of mitsudomoe (三つ巴) design inside circles carved at two places, front and back. Leather looped strap around sheath.

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. 84 pg. 49View Objects related to this Actual Citation

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