Inaw, prayer stick
date: label: Accession Date
content: 16 Jun 2005
name: label: Donor Name
content: National Museum of Natural History
notes: label: Notes
content: Long stick, carved to a point at one end. Other end is blunt. Wood along the length has been carved into curly shavings, which attach near the blunt end and hang down along the side. Bill Fitzhugh, curator, says these are probably inaw honoring Fuchi, goddess of the hearth (See Fitzhugh and Dubreuil 1999, p. 231, Fig 31.7)
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: E430719-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sacred Stick
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 72.1 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 49.3 cm