Staff head

Museum number:
9-8188
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2403
Object count:
1
Description:
staff head with top of staff; from sounding or alarm staff; conical hexagonal base with bound lotus design, 2 crochet head with 6 rings; wood shaft fragment attached by nail; carried by mendicant Buddhist priests to warn all creatures away with jingling noise lest they tread inadvertently; on some form of life.
Donor:
Albert M. Bender
Collection place:
Japan
Materials:
Brass (alloy) and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Accession date:
May 17, 1968
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Staff head, accession number 9-8188, described as staff head with top of staff; from sounding or alarm staff; conical hexagonal base with bound lotus design, 2 crochet head with 6 rings; wood shaft fragment attached by nail; carried by mendicant Buddhist priests to warn all creatures away with jingling noise lest they tread inadvertently; on some form of life.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Staff head, accession number 9-8188, described as staff head with top of staff; from sounding or alarm staff; conical hexagonal base with bound lotus design, 2 crochet head with 6 rings; wood shaft fragment attached by nail; carried by mendicant Buddhist priests to warn all creatures away with jingling noise lest they tread inadvertently; on some form of life.

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