Seed stripper, "pipa"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 16 Jun 2005
name: label: Donor Name
content: National Museum of Natural History
notes: label: Notes
content: Shell. Strip of red fabric threaded through two holes drilled in shell. According to Chisato Dubreuil, this is used to strip grain. The edges of the mussel shell were sharpened and a hole was made to pass a string through. When harvesting, the Ainu put the string through the second and third fingers, holding the shell. Then they grasp the millet head and strip it with the edge of the shell. Made for the 1999 NMNH exhibit "Ainu: Spirit of a Northern People" using traditional Ainu materials and techniques.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Japan, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Ainu
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2026093
label: USNM Number
content: E430664-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Husker
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 8.6 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 4 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 1.5 cm