These spatulas, which are often decorated with rich carvings ritual sake drinking (kamuynomi) to deliver prayers/prayers to the kamuy (souls/powerful beings). prayers/requests. The decorations include geometric patterns, which often the origins of the ikupasuy, or cut-outs and figurative representations such as fish or whales. fish or whales. The flat wooden stick, slightly rounded at the top, is decorated over three quarters of its length with engraved notched curves set one above the other. At the front end a "tongue" (parunpe), the other end cut off almost straight. On both sides on the upper side four notches offset against each other as ownership marks (itokpa). On the underside two further property marks incised on the underside, which were assigned to the so-called killer whale group (rep-un-kamuy). were assigned.