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1892.56.24

Carved prayer / libation stick. [MJD DDF Body Arts Project 2010/2011 11/10/2010]

1892.56.24

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Collection type
Object
Description
Carved prayer / libation stick. [MJD DDF Body Arts Project 2010/2011 11/10/2010]
Long description
Carved prayer / libation stick. The wooden stick is semicircular in profile and carved with a 's' shaped pattern. The stick is rectangular with two carved ends. One end has a acute point and the other a low point. [MJD DDF Body Arts Project 2010/2011 11/10/2010]
Geographical reference
Japan
Asia > Eastern Asia > Japan
Hokkaido
Cultural groups
Ainu アイヌ
Person
Field collector Basil Hall Chamberlain
PRM source Basil Hall Chamberlain
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1892
Date collected
By 1892
Acquisition information
Purchased: 05/1892
Materials and processes
Material Wood Plant, Process Carved
Dimensions
Length: max 332 mm, Width: max 26 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1892.56.24
Research and responses

Note that objects from Chamberlain’s Ainu collection were exhibited by Tylor at meeting of AI on 10 May 1892 (JAI 22 (1893), p. 174) [Peter Rivière]

Search terms: Religion, Ritual and Ceremonial, Prayer Object, Ceremonial Object

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