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Object Number 40-47-60/7067
Display Title Prayer stick pointed at one end and with shavings
Descriptions
Object Description Prayer stick pointed at one end and with shavings
Inventory Description Staff, carved wood, one end pointed, other end shaved forming wood strip fringe
Classification
  • Staff
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Yezo?
  • Ainu?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / Japan / Ishikari / Hokkaido
Materials Wood, Willow
Dimensions Overall: 51 x 7.3 x 5.9 cm (20 1/16 x 2 7/8 x 2 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 40-47-60/7067
Provenance
Collector William Penn Brooks (1876-1888)
Donor Mrs. George A. Drew (May 21, 1940)
Donor Dr. Sumner C. Brooks (May 21, 1940)

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