iku-pasuy

Language: Ainu
Language: Ainu
Libation spatula

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. Flat wooden stick, slightly rounded at the top. At the front end a "tongue" (parunpe), the rear end cut off rather flat. Property marks on both sides (itokpa), which were assigned to the killer whale group (ashpenoka). On the upper side almost three quarters covered with a complex carved line pattern.

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Ainu
Object type
ceremonial objects
Dimensions
14 x 346 x 30 mm
Current location
Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum
Inventory number
RJM 25389
Other number(s)
RJM 1910/05

Provenance and sources

when
19th century
where
Russian Federation
Asia -> North Asia -> Russian Federation -> Far East (Federal District) -> Sakhalin Oblast

when
1907

when
1910-15-05
Source(s)
Konvolutakte RJM 1910/05

when
1910-15-05
Source(s)
Konvolutakte RJM 1910/05
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