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Object Number 81-23-60/24589
Display Title Prayer stick
Descriptions
Indigenous Term ikupasuy
Object Description Carved prayer stick
Inventory Description Carving, wood stick, serpent in relief, biomorphic and geometric motif
Classification
  • Carving
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Ainu
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / Japan
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 33.9 x 2.8 x 1.8 cm (13 3/8 x 1 1/8 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 24.589
Provenance
Collector Prof. D. P. Penhallow (1880 - 1881)
Donor Prof. D. P. Penhallow (1880 - 1881)

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