Religious object, prayer stick.

Collection type: Object
Description: Religious object, prayer stick.
Geographical reference: Norway
Europe > Northern Europe > Norway
Cultural groups: Norwegian
Person: Maker Unknown Maker; Field collector Unknown Collector; PRM source Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection
Date / Period: Date made: 1655
Date collected: ?Prior to 1879
Acquisition information: Donated: 1884
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Process Inscribed, Process Carved
Dimensions: Length: max 775 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1884.58.55 PR no.: 1/ 10150
Research and responses: According to an email from Kate Gardner, PRM, dated 13 May 2005 (copy in RDF): 'Some Norwegian visitors visited last weekend and told the attendants about an object we have labeled as a religious item. Acc. no. 1884.58.55 labeled Religious object, prayer stick. They said that these objects are devotional sticks or love tokens traditionally carved by a man and to give to his bride to be. A tradition the lady remembers but has now faded away. They translated the inscription as follows: "I shall cry to the last tear and I will withdraw the blood out of my own veins. I will sell my soul to Satan but will never give up loving you.' [JC 13 5 2005]

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