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Scissors. Chinese

Title:

Scissors

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:

Metal: iron

Dimensions:

length 17.0; width 8.5

Number:

РЭМ 8761-11164

Annotation:

Hinged metal scissors with elongated drop-shaped unclosed rings. Convex rings. The blades get much narrower towards the ends. Scissors, like other small tools, occurred in large old fanzas where several hunters lived together.

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