Knife Sheath
A436E
From: Japan | Hokkaido | Shiraoi
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Native Name | Makiri |
| Object Number | A436E |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Ainu |
| Provenience | Japan | Hokkaido | Shiraoi |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Wood |
| Description | Makiri (マキリ). Knife sheath. Inlaid leather strip bands at three places. Four-tired, twisted fiber wraps around sheath, through hole at back and into a loop. Carved in parallel half-moons at thickest part with concentric circle motif carved at base. |
| Length | 23.5 cm |
| Width | 6.3 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Dr. Hiram M. Hiller, 1901 |
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