iku-pasuy
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. This libation spatula is decorated with sculptural depictions of a whale and two two porpoises on the upper side. A stylised wave pattern is engraved underneath each engraved with a stylised wave pattern. The front end of the stick with the "tongue" (parunpe) is straight cut off, the rear end rounded. On the underside there are four ownership marks (itokpa), of the killer whale group (rep-un-kamuy/ashpenoka).