- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Carved libation stick. [DCF Court Team 28/2/2003]
- Cultural groups
- Ainu アイヌ
- Person
- Field collector John Batchelor
- Field collector Church Missionary Society
- PRM source Alan Herbert Coltart
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1935
- Date collected
- By 1935
- Acquisition information
- Loaned: 1935
- Materials and processes
- Material Wood Plant, Process Carved
- Dimensions
- Length: max 350 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1935.74.19
- Research and responses
According to Kirsten Yumiko Taguchi (1974) An annotated catalogue of Ainu material, Lund: Studentlitteratur: The Christian Missionary Rev. John Batchelor arrived on Hokkaido on 1 May 1877 and lived in Japan until he retired to England in 1942. He worked with the Ainu from 1878. He left twice, once on a trip to England and the second trip left him stranded in Australia during WWI. He died in England in 1944 at the age of 91. [MJD DDF Body Arts Project 2010/2011 21/01/2011]
Search terms: Religion, Ritual and Ceremonial, Prayer Object, Ceremonial Object
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