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Object Number
15-14-60/86053
Display Title
Carved wooden knife sheath
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Sheath, carved wood, heavily decorated in relief, biomorphic and sunburst motifs
Classification
- Sheath
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Ainu
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia
/
Japan
Materials
Wood, Silk, Dye
Dimensions
Overall: 16.8 x 6.1 x 2.4 cm (6 5/8 x 2 3/8 x 15/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
86053
Provenance
Collector
Grace A. Nicholson
Donor
Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow
(1915)
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