Prayer stick

Museum number:
9-8958
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2472
Description:
Prayer stick (ikubashui: "drinking stick"), slightly curved wood; abstracted bear design; traces of red pigment on brown ground; minor damage along edges; length: 31.7 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:
Pigment (red and brown pigment) and 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)
Dimensions:
length 31.7 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Prayer stick, accession number 9-8958, described as Prayer stick (ikubashui: "drinking stick"), slightly curved wood; abstracted bear design; traces of red pigment on brown ground; minor damage along edges; length: 31.7 cm. prayerstick, libation wand; mistakenly called “moustache lifter”.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Prayer stick, accession number 9-8958, described as Prayer stick (ikubashui: "drinking stick"), slightly curved wood; abstracted bear design; traces of red pigment on brown ground; minor damage along edges; length: 31.7 cm. prayerstick, libation wand; mistakenly called “moustache lifter”.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Prayer stick, accession number 9-8958, described as Prayer stick (ikubashui: "drinking stick"), slightly curved wood; abstracted bear design; traces of red pigment on brown ground; minor damage along edges; length: 31.7 cm. prayerstick, libation wand; mistakenly called “moustache lifter”.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Prayer stick, accession number 9-8958, described as Prayer stick (ikubashui: "drinking stick"), slightly curved wood; abstracted bear design; traces of red pigment on brown ground; minor damage along edges; length: 31.7 cm. prayerstick, libation wand; mistakenly called “moustache lifter”.

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