Saw (Nokogiri)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 9 Mar 1859
name: label: Donor Name
content: Emperor Of Japan
notes: label: Notes
content: See 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 it as a compass saw or keyhole saw with a narrow steel blade with chisel-like teeth inserted into a straight, cylindrical handle.
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: E350-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Saw
physicalDescription: label: Length - Overall
content: 36 cm
label: Width - Overall
content: 1 cm
label: Length - Blade
content: 21 cm