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Ainu knife, sheath with lower mandible, Asian black bear
Ainu knife, sheath with lower mandible, Asian black bear
Object Number 96-3-60/47866.1
Display Title Ainu knife, sheath with lower mandible, Asian black bear
Descriptions
Object Description Knife, from knife and sheath with lower mandible, Asian black bear
Inventory Description Knife, tapered metal blade with incised characters, carved wood handle
Classification
  • Knife
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Ainu
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / Japan / <State> / Kuril Islands
Materials Wood , Steel , Bear tooth , Lacquer
Dimensions Overall: 26.7 x 2.8 x 1.2 cm (10 1/2 x 1 1/8 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 96-3-60/47866.1; 47866
Provenance
Dealer Akitsu Co.
Donor Mrs. N. E. Baylies (1896)

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