Ceremonial bow, "ku"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 16 Jun 2005
name: label: Donor Name
content: National Museum of Natural History
notes: label: Notes
content: Dark brown wood stick, bent, with nettle fiber string tied to ends. Wood shavings attached to one end. According to Chisato Dubreuil, these bows are offerings for the gods ("kamuy") at the outdoor altar ("nusa") for the bear-sending ceremony. Made for the 1999 NMNH exhibit "Ainu: Spirit of a Northern People" using traditional Ainu materials and techniques.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Japan, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Ainu
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2026093
label: USNM Number
content: E430677-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bow
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 99.5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 9 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 2.5 cm