Lacquered ceremonial prayer / libation stick. [MJD 12/10/2010]

Collection type: Object
Description: Lacquered ceremonial prayer / libation stick. [MJD 12/10/2010]
Geographical reference: Japan
Asia > Eastern Asia > Japan; Southeast Hokkaido Hori-Betsu & Nobori-Betsu
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, Material Lacquer Varnish, Process Carved, Process Lacquered Varnished
Dimensions: Width: max 33 mm, Length: max 330 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1935.74.14
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]

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