Hearth, "ape-o-i"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 16 Jun 2005
name: label: Donor Name
content: National Museum of Natural History
notes: label: Notes
content: Hearth with wooden frame. Includes unburned and partially burned sticks, ashes, and pieces of twine. Ash rake ("ape-kiray") used to level ashes in the hearth, is made of carved wood with wood shavings threaded through handle. Pair of fire tongs ("ape-pasuy") made of two sticks tied together with rope, used to manipulate hearth fire. According to Chisato Dubreuil, the hearth is used for cooking and heating, and is also the location of daily prayers and the residence of the household protector deity, "ape-fuchi". Almost all ceremonies begin with the "ape-fuchi". Exhibit prop made for the 1999 NMNH exhibit "Ainu: Spirit of a Northern People".
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: E430655-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Hearth
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 119.1 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 86.5 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 15.5 cm