Amulets of this kind were knotted into the forehead hair of male children. knotted into their forehead hair. After the first successful hunt, the hair was shorn as a sign of transition and the hair was shorn as a sign of transition and participation in male society, so that the amulet was also removed. Only a few pieces of this extremely rare amulet are known worldwide. The amulet from the collections of the Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum has been on permanent loan to the National indefinite loan to the National Ainu Museum in Shiraoi on Hokkaido.