Sacred shaved stick, "inaw"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 16 Jun 2005
name: label: Donor Name
content: National Museum of Natural History
notes: label: Notes
content: "Inaw" prayer stick for model canoe (E430623). Carved to a point at one end. Other end has been shaved down, with curly shavings still attached. Bark still attached to middle. According to Chisato Dubreuil, this is a sacred item used to protect the canoe, cargo, and passengers. 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
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: E430705-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sacred Stick
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 49.2 cm
label: Diameter - Object
content: 19.5 cm