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Knife in a sheath. Chinese

Title:

Knife in a sheath

Ethnic groups:

Chinese

Territory:

river Armu, Ussuri Krai, Primorsky Oblast

Date:

late 19th - erly 20th century

Collectors:

Museum of the Peoples of the USSR

Material:

Metal: iron; wood; leather

Dimensions:

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

Number:

РЭМ 8761-11107

Annotation:

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.

Albums:
“... You can rely on me”: Vladimir Arseniev’s collections in the Russian Museum of Ethnography
Rus:
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