Menoko Makiri
Menoko Makiri

Menoko Makiri

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Description of Menoko Makiri

Carefully selected from Japan, this vintage decorative wooden Ainu knife comes from the Ainu people of Hokkaido. The Menoko Makiri, or women's knife, is a small, short knife. In traditional Ainu culture, a man would carve a Menoko Makiri for a woman to propose to marry her. If she accepted, she would wear it at her waist.

Learn more about the Ainu culture here.

  • Origin: Japan
  • Length: 8"
  • Width:  1" 
  • Product #: AD57
  • Code: NWS