5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
1944
Context of use:
White punk with green stick. Green stick identifies this punk as the one used for funeral observances, burning to ancestors, etc. This punk is not used in the temple. It is especially used on the four holidays, in the home. As with the other punks in this collection, they are always burned in three sots of three. Three sweet potatoes, or other suitable objects, serve as bases.