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Ritual Hoe-shaped Crests
Hokkaido Ainu19th century
Tokyo National Museum
Tokyo, Japan
This is an old hoe-shaped crest that was used in rituals to cure illness. Because instead of being found hidden in a cave or buried deep underground for future generations, the only examples that exist are similar to this one, which was found by accident in a field.
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- Title: Ritual Hoe-shaped Crests
- Creator: Hokkaido Ainu
- Date Created: 19th century
- Physical Dimensions: w465 x h455 mm
- Object Title: アイヌ鍬形
- Object Notes(Japanese): アイヌ語でペラウシトミカムイ＜へらをお持ちになる宝の神さま＞などといわれる。古い兜の鍬形を模したもので病気をなおす呪具として用いられた。山の洞窟に秘匿されたり、地中深く埋められたりしたため伝世するものはない。本資料も偶然に畑から発掘された。
- Object Date: 19世紀
- Medium(Japanese): 鉄製
- Excavation: 北海道栗山町字桜山出土, Kuriyama, Yubari-gun, Hokkaido
- Donor(Japanese): 尾田勝吉氏・泉麟太郎氏寄贈
- Donor: Mr. Oda Shokichi and Mr. Izumi Rintaro
- Artist Name: 北海道アイヌ
- Type: Metalwork
- Medium: Iron
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