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Millet Harvesting Tool
| Native Name | Biba |
| Object Number: | A445 |
| Current Location: | Collections storage |
| Culture: | Ainu |
| Provenience: | Japan Muroran |
| Section: | Asian |
| Materials: | Shell Cotton |
| Length: | 20cm |
| Width: | 10cm |
| Depth: | 2.6cm |
| Credit Line: | Gift of Dr. Hiram M. Hiller, 1901 |
Description
Pipa (ピパ). Shell scraper used to harvest millet. Made out of mussel shell (Margaritifera laevis ).
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. 112 pg. 58 | View Objects related to this Bibliographic Reference |
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