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Stone

Description

Stone, part of fire-making kit, piece of chalcedony, struck with steel to make sparks: Japan, Hokkaido, Ainu, 19th to early 20th century

Museum reference

A.1909.499.39 B

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Stone

Production information

Unknown
Hokkaido, Japan, East Asia

Date

19th - early 20th century

Style / Culture

Ainu people (Hokkaido), Japanese

Materials

Chalcedony

Exhibitions

  • Living Lands (29 Jul 2011)
    National Museum of Scotland

  • A Scottish Physician's View: Craft and Spirit of the Ainu from the N. G. Munro Collection (26 Apr 2002 - 01 Sep 2002)
    Historical Museum of Hokkaido
    Kanagawa Prefectural Museum of Cultural History

References

A Scottish Physician's View: Craft and Spirit of the Ainu from the N. G. Munro Collection (2002), no. 160 (p.85)

On display

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