Prayer stick

Museum number:
9-5166
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Accession number:
Acc.1226
Description:
Prayer stick
Donor:
Matilda M. Brooks and Sumner Cushing Brooks
Collection place:
Hokkaidō Prefecture, Hokkaido, Japan
Culture or time period:
Ainu
Collector:
George Haley
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Accession date:
1958
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Loans:
S1962-1963 #58: San Francisco State University/Dan Hirano (May 22, 1963–May 27, 1963)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Prayer stick, accession number 9-5166, described as Prayer stick
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Prayer stick, accession number 9-5166, described as Prayer stick

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