Altar poles, "nusa"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 16 Jun 2005
name: label: Donor Name
content: National Museum of Natural History
notes: label: Notes
content: Plain wooden poles. Part ¼: Tiny brass rod inserted perpendicularly at one end. Part 2/4: Steel spike extends from one end. Part 3/4:. Steel spike extends from one end, 2 notches carved at other end. Part 4/4: Tiny brass rod inserted perpendicularly at one end. According to Chisato Dubreuil, used to construct the outdoor altar ("nusa") to honor the gods and send the spirits of the animals back to the god world. 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: 4
place: label: Place
content: Japan, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Ainu
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2026093
label: USNM Number
content: E430606-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Altar
physicalDescription: label: Length - 1 Of 4
content: 264.2 cm
label: Diameter - 1 Of 4
content: 6.4 cm
label: Length - 2 Of 4
content: 120 cm
label: Diameter - 2 Of 4
content: 5 cm
label: Length - 3 Of 4
content: 119 cm
label: Diameter - 3 Of 4
content: 5.5 cm
label: Length - 4 Of 4
content: 261.1 cm
label: Diameter - 4 Of 4
content: 5 cm