Most interesting items! and it seems that the knife in the first frame is likely to be from the Ainu people, who are a fascinating ethnic group of northern Japan, mostly Hokkaido.
In the latter 19th century the long standing contact between these eastern cultures and those on the North American continent flourished. The are profound similarities and influences from the Ainu in the American Indian cultures of the Haida in Alaskan regions and the Tlingit, as the major tribal groups.
We have had quite a few great discussions on Ainu weapons, and in looking at the clubs and some of the other pieces here there seems remarkable influences from Oceanic cultures in the Pacific.
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