Prayer stick (ikupasuy; J: inau イナウ)
Prayer stick (ikupasuy; J: inau イナウ)

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Prayer stick (ikupasuy; J: inau イナウ),

19th century

Japanese or North Asia | Ainu
1998-906

Information

Title
Prayer stick (ikupasuy; J: inau イナウ)
Dates

19th century

Medium
Wood
Dimensions
h. 32.6 cm., w. 3.4 cm., d. 1.8 cm. (12 13/16 x 1 5/16 x 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
The John B. Elliott, Class of 1951, Collection
Object Number
1998-906
Place Made

Asia, Japan, Sea of Okhotsk region

Culture
Japanese
Type
religious objects, sticks
Materials
wood
Subject
animals, faces, rituals (events), geometric patterns, iconography

–1998 John B. Elliott (Princeton, NJ), by bequest to the Princeton University Art Museum, 1998.

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