Y - shaped forked stick used as a string winder. [SM (Verve) 07/07/2014]

Collection type: Object
Description: Y - shaped forked stick used as a string winder. [SM (Verve) 07/07/2014]
Long description: Y - shaped forked stick used as a string winder. There are remnants of twisted plant fibre string wound onto the fork. At the centre of the stick (where it begins to branch out) there are some wood shavings bound on with twisted plant fibre string. The end of the stick is sharpened to a point. [SM (Verve) 07/07/2014]
Geographical reference: Japan
Asia > Eastern Asia > Japan; Hokkaido
Cultural groups: Ainu アイヌ
Person: Field collector Unknown Collector; PRM source Ainu Village Japanese-British Exhibition
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1910
Date collected: By 1910
Acquisition information: Purchased: 10/1910
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material Metal, Material Plant Fibre Yarn, Process Twisted, Process Carved, Process Wound, Process Tied
Dimensions: Height: max 825 mm, Width: max 317 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1910.68.26 Other numbers: 1910.ß.232

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