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Needle. Chinese

Title:

Needle

Ethnic groups:

Chinese

Territory:

river Takema, Primorsky Oblast, Ussuri Krai

Date:

late 19th - early 20th century

Collectors:

Museum of the Peoples of the USSR

Material:

Wood

Dimensions:

length 21.0; width 1.5

Number:

РЭМ 8761-11161

Annotation:

Wooden plate pointed on one end, with a slit and a latch. There is an indentation on the heel end. . The needle is for weaving nets for sable. Sable hunting with special nets was borrowed by the Chinese from local peoples (the Nanais, Orochi, Udege) in the early 20th century.

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