God sticks
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Jerarquía
Visual and Verbal Communication (Hierarchy Name) > Visual Works (Hierarchy Name) > visual works > <visual works by material or technique> > sculpture (visual work) > <sculpture by form>
Descripción
Pointed wooden peg sculptures carved with a human head at the upper end. The function of god sticks is to act as containers for the divinities to enter during rituals.
URI original del concepto
Otros términos
- godenstokken [nl]
- bastones rituales [es]
- god stick [en]
- bastón ritual [es]
- bastón (ritual) [es]
- whakapakoko [x-]