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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. Libation spatula. Cut straight on one side and slightly rounded,
the other side pointed and flattened like a tongue. The surface is engraved with
engraved with various motifs or carved in shallow relief. There are also rectangular
cut-outs are also attached. Incised ownership mark (shiroshi) on the underside in the shape of a triangle.
of a triangle. Possibly a travelling souvenir made for tourists
possibly even made by Japanese (wajin culture) manufacturers.
manufacturers.
