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ID: 300264795
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300264795

 

Record Type: concept
god sticks (<sculpture by form>, sculpture (visual works), ... Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name))

 

Note: 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.
 
Terms:
god sticks (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,U,PN)
god stick (C,U,English,AD,U,SN)
神杖 (C,U,Chinese (traditional)-P,UF,U,U)
shén gùn (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Hanyu Pinyin)-P,UF,U,U)
shen gun (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Pinyin without tones)-P,UF,U,U)
shen kun (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Wade-Giles)-P,UF,U,U)
godenstokken (C,U,Dutch-P,D,U,U)
Ritualstäbe (C,U,German,D,PN)
Ritualstab (C,U,German-P,AD,SN)
bastões de divindades (C,U,Portuguese-P,D,U,PN)
bastão de divindade (C,U,Portuguese,AD,U,SN)
bastones rituales (C,U,Spanish-P,D,U,PN)
bastón ritual (C,U,Spanish,AD,U,SN)
bastón (ritual) (C,U,Spanish,UF,U,SN)
whakapakoko (C,U,local language,UF,U,N)

Facet/Hierarchy Code:  V.VC

Hierarchical Position:

Hierarchy of Objects Facet
Objects Facet
Hierarchy of Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name)
.... Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name) (G)
Hierarchy of Visual Works (hierarchy name)
........ Visual Works (hierarchy name) (G)
Hierarchy of visual works (works)
............ visual works (works) (G)
Hierarchy of <visual works by material or technique>
................ <visual works by material or technique> (G)
Hierarchy of sculpture (visual works)
.................... sculpture (visual works) (G)
Hierarchy of <sculpture by form>
........................ <sculpture by form> (G)
Hierarchy of god sticks
............................ god sticks (G)

Additional Parents:

Hierarchy of Objects Facet
Objects Facet
Hierarchy of Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name)
.... Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name) (G)
Hierarchy of Containers (hierarchy name)
........ Containers (hierarchy name) (G)
Hierarchy of containers (receptacles)
............ containers (receptacles) (G)
Hierarchy of <containers by function or context>
................ <containers by function or context> (G)
Hierarchy of ceremonial containers
.................... ceremonial containers (G)
Hierarchy of god sticks
........................ god sticks (G)

Additional Notes:
Chinese (traditional) ..... 尖頭木栓的雕刻品,頂端為人首雕刻。神杖的作用為神明進入儀式時使用的容器。 
Dutch ..... Kleine, puntige gebeeldhouwde houten pinnen, met een menselijk hoofd gegraveerd in het bovenste gedeelte. De godenstokken worden gebruikt als plaatsen die godheden tijdens rituelen kunnen betreden. 
German ..... Spitze, stiftförmige Skulptur aus Holz mit einem menschlichen Kopf am oberen Ende. Die Funktion von Ritualstäben ist die eines Gefäßes, in das die Gottheiten während der Rituale einkehren können. 
Portuguese ..... Esculturas pontiagudas de madeira com uma cabeça humana na extremidade superior. A função dos bastões de divindades é agir como recipientes para divindades entrarem durante os rituais. 
Spanish ..... Esculturas de estacas de madera en punta esculpidas con una cabeza humana en la parte superior. La función es actuar como contenedores de entrada para las divinidades durante los rituales.  

Sources and Contributors:
神杖............  [AS-Academia Sinica Preferred]
...........  AS-Academia Sinica data (2014-)
bastão de divindade............  [VP-intern]
...................................  Museu de Arqueologia e Etnologia da Universidade de São Paulo (2021-) accession number: "RG 10630"; accessed on 5 April 2021
...................................  Portuguese Translation Intern Project (2020-)
bastões de divindades............  [VP-intern Preferred]
......................................  Museu de Arqueologia e Etnologia da Universidade de São Paulo (2021-) accession number: "RG 10630"; accessed on 5 April 2021
......................................  Portuguese Translation Intern Project (2020-)
bastón (ritual)............  [CDBP-SNPC]
.............................  Gillon, Breve historia del arte africano (1984) 204
bastones rituales............  [CDBP-SNPC]
................................  TAA database (2000-)
bastón ritual............  [CDBP-SNPC Preferred]
..........................  TAA database (2000-)
godenstokken............  [RKD, AAT-Ned Preferred]
.......................  AAT-Ned (1994-)
god stick............  [VP]
....................  Grove Dictionary of Art online (1999-2002) accessed 06 August 2003
god sticks............  [VP Preferred]
.......................  Barrow, Art and Life in Polynesia (1973) 166
.......................  Grove Dictionary of Art online (1999-2002) accessed 06 August 2003
.......................  Kaeppler, Oceanic Art (1997) 83, 329
Ritualstab............  [IfM-SMB-PK Preferred]
.......................  Burtea, Das mandäische Fest der Schalttage (2005) 168
.......................  Colleyn, Bamana (2001) 249
.......................  Drexler, öko-Kosmologie (2009) 263
Ritualstäbe............  [IfM-SMB-PK]
.......................  AAT-Deutsch (2012-)
shen gun............  [AS-Academia Sinica]
.................  AS-Academia Sinica data (2014-)
shén gùn............  [AS-Academia Sinica]
.................  AS-Academia Sinica data (2014-)
shen kun............  [AS-Academia Sinica]
.................  AS-Academia Sinica data (2014-)
whakapakoko............  [VP]
.......................  Kaeppler, Oceanic Art (1997) 83
 
Subject: .....  [AS-Academia Sinica, CDBP-SNPC, IfM-SMB-PK, RKD, AAT-Ned, VP, VP-intern]
............  AAT-Ned (1994-)
............  Portuguese Translation Intern Project (2020-)
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
.......... Grove Dictionary of Art online (1999-2002) accessed 60 August 2003
.......... Kaeppler, Oceanic Art (1997) 83, 329
Chinese (traditional) .......... [AS-Academia Sinica]
.......... AS-Academia Sinica data (2014-)
Dutch .......... [RKD, AAT-Ned]
.......... AAT-Ned (1994-)
German .......... [IfM-SMB-PK]
.......... IfM Berlin
Portuguese .......... [VP-intern]
.......... Portuguese Translation Intern Project (2020-)
Spanish .......... [CDBP-SNPC]
.......... TAA database (2000-)

 

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