Prayer stick

Museum number:
9-8956
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2472
Description:
Ikupasuy ("prayer stick") , slightly curved wood; incised curvilinear designs; pointed at both ends; pierced near one end; length: 32.1 cm; prayerstick, libation wand; mistakenly called “moustache lifter”
Donor:
Hiroaki Okada
Collection place:
Hokkaidō Prefecture, Hokkaido, Japan
Culture or time period:
Ainu
Collector:
Hiroaki Okada
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
1969
Context of use:
prayerstick, libation wand; mistakenly called “moustache lifter”
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Prayer stick, accession number 9-8956, described as Ikupasuy ("prayer stick") , slightly curved wood; incised curvilinear designs; pointed at both ends; pierced near one end; length: 32.1 cm; prayerstick, libation wand; mistakenly called “moustache lifter”Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Prayer stick, accession number 9-8956, described as Ikupasuy ("prayer stick") , slightly curved wood; incised curvilinear designs; pointed at both ends; pierced near one end; length: 32.1 cm; prayerstick, libation wand; mistakenly called “moustache lifter”Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Prayer stick, accession number 9-8956, described as Ikupasuy ("prayer stick") , slightly curved wood; incised curvilinear designs; pointed at both ends; pierced near one end; length: 32.1 cm; prayerstick, libation wand; mistakenly called “moustache lifter”
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Prayer stick, accession number 9-8956, described as Ikupasuy ("prayer stick") , slightly curved wood; incised curvilinear designs; pointed at both ends; pierced near one end; length: 32.1 cm; prayerstick, libation wand; mistakenly called “moustache lifter”

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