Ceremonial Arrow
A530B
From: Japan | Hokkaido | Okotsunai
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Object Number | A530B |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Ainu |
| Provenience | Japan | Hokkaido | Okotsunai |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Wood |
| Description | Heper-ay (ヘペライ). Ceremonial arrow with blunt arrow head. This would have been used during the iyomante (イオマンテ) ceremony for sending a bear's spirit back to the gods. |
| Length | 50 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Dr. Hiram M. Hiller, 1901 |
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