Knife in a sheath

Chinese

Ussuri Krai, Primorsky Oblast, river Armu

late 19th - erly 20th century

Museum of the Peoples of the USSR

Metal: iron; wood; leather

length of knife 26.0; width 1.5; length of sheath 17.5, width 5.0

РЭМ 8761-11107

Knife with a narrow single-edge metal blade. The knife is fitted in a flat wooden handle. The sheath is sewn from one piece of leather. Sewn to the sheath is a loop of a narrow leather string to suspend the knife on the belt. This type of knife was borrowed from the Orochi and the Nanais, although the skill of using it was at a lower level.