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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 with a pointed front end and a flat back end
cut off at the back. The surface is carved in relief with unusually shaped ornaments and covered with red-brown paint.
covered with red-brown colour. The depression at the triangular tip (etopui, literally:
"nostril") refers to East Hokkaidō. Due to the unusual design, as well as the
lack of the usual notches at both ends, which serve as an owner's mark, it may not have been
possibly not made by Ainu groups.
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Chopsticks
iku-pasuy
Language: Ainu
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Libation spatula
nisos / nima
Language: Ainu
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Plate
otoxkoxpe / tampakox
Language: Ainu
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Tobacco pouch
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Jewellery cloth
nisos / ita
Language: Ainu
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Serving board
inau
Language: Ainu
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inao
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