Knife with Sheath (Makiri)

Original Language Titleマキリ

CultureAinu

Date19th to early 20th century

MediumSheath: wood and cord; knife: bone and metal

DimensionsOverall (with tassel): 12 × 6 × 1 inches (30.48 × 15.24 × 2.54 cm)
.1 (knife): 10 3/4 × 1 1/2 × 1/2 inches (27.31 × 3.81 × 1.27 cm)
.2 (sheath): 7 7/8 × 5 3/4 × 7/8 inches (20 × 14.61 × 2.22 cm)

Credit LineGift of Ralph T. Coe Center for the Arts, 2025

Object number2025.56.33.1,2

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DescriptionMakiri is a versatile knife designed for various purposes, including carving wooden sculptures, hunting, fishing, cooking, and tool making. Both the sheath and the knife's handle are embellished with intricate reliefs. The cord attached to the sheath has a toggle.Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Connoisseurship and Good Pie: Ted Coe and Collecting Native Art. Organized by the Ralph T. Coe Foundation for the Arts, Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian. Santa Fe, NM, July 2015-April 2016.

Provenance

With Ralph T. Coe (1929-2010), until 2010;

His bequest to the Ralph T. Coe Center for the Arts, Santa Fe, NM, 2010-2025;

The Coe Center's gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2025

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