Saw (Nokogiri)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 9 Mar 1859
name: label: Donor Name
content: Emperor Of Japan
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "NARROW STEEL BLADE INSERTED IN A STRAIGHT PLAIN WOOD HANDLE. FOR CUTTING CURVES. 2/70 HANDLE IS MISSING. JAN. 1969 LOAN TO JAPAN SOCIETY N.Y.C."
label: Notes
content: See entry # 113 on Catalogue No. E350 in Chang-Su Houchins. 1995. Artifacts of Diplomacy: Smithsonian Collections from Commodore Matthew Perry's Japan Expedition (1853-1854). Smithsonian Contributions to Anthropology, Number 37. P 121 and 122. Houchins identifies E350 as a saw (nokogiri), specifically as a compass saw or keyhole saw, with a narrow steel blade with chisel-like teeth inserted into a straight, cylindrical handle. E349 was catalogued as a compass saw also, though it consists only of the blade, the handle having been noted as missing in 1970. Blade of E349 is very similar to the one for E350.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 22 Aug 2025
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Japan, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 199043
label: USNM Number
content: E349-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Saw