- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Japanese sword [.1] with wooden sheath [.2] and hilt made and carved by an Ainu. [SM 02/04/2007]
- Long description
- Japanese sword [.1] with wooden sheath [.2] and hilt made and carved by an Ainu. The hilt is carved along its entire length, the sheath is carved only at the top and bottom. The sheath is also bound at points along its length with strips of bark. It has a copper alloy chape. [SM 02/04/2007]
- Cultural groups
- Ainu アイヌ
- Person
- Field collector J. Rousseau
- Field collector Julien Jean Marie Rousseau
- PRM source J. Rousseau
- PRM source Julien Jean Marie Rousseau
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1900
- Date collected
- By 1900
- Acquisition information
- Purchased: 1900
- Materials and processes
- Material Iron Metal, Material Wood Plant, Material Bark Wood Plant, Material Copper Alloy Metal, Process Carved, Process Forged (Metal), Process Bound
- Dimensions
- Length: max 932 mm complete, Width: max 33 mm complete
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1900.78.56.1 Accession number: 1900.78.56.2 Other numbers: 42
1900.78.56.1
Japanese sword [.1] with wooden sheath [.2] and hilt made and carved by an Ainu. [SM 02/04/2007]
1900.78.56.1
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