A small shrine offering formed from a cylindrical piece of wood with designs incised into the top and around the circumference. The pattern on the top surface is abstract and geometric, while the designs around the circumference may represent a closed fist. The whole appears to be stained with a dark pigment.
Obo. A small hand shrine offering formed from a cylindrical piece of wood with designs incised into the top and around the circumference. The pattern on the top surface is abstract and geometric, while the designs around the circumference may represent a closed fist.
Luggage tag attached with string reads: '63 | ?b?, an image of the hand, used in the shrine of the [h]and. The carvings on the side with deep cut in centre represents the hands. / Bini'
N.B. it is possible that the label reads 'shrine of the Land' or 'shrine of the hand'.
Z 12071, Z 11894, Z 14432 and Z 12313 are all described as 'Hand Shrine', although the last is of a different form. There is an original luggage tag attached to Z 12071 with contextual information for 'hand shrine'.