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.