https://ds-omeka.haverford.edu/japanesemodernism/files/original/29529519d09ef0f8861d71b683d2f439.png 56ed567a8bfc020d0ed8bf518382b208 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Nipopo Dolls Description An account of the resource Sakhalin Ainu shamans produced abstract wooden figurines called nipopo ("wooden baby"), used primarily as amulets for curing or warding off childhood disease. The addition of strips of red and blue cloth or a blue bead (on the upper figure) was thought to increase their power; such dolls were dressed in inaw-kike (wood shavings) to increase their efficacy. The two- headed figure may have been a charm to enhance the probability of giving birth to twins. (Twins were believed to bring success in fishing and hunting among the Sakhalin Ainu and neighboring Eastern Siberian groups. A similar belief was also held by the Kwakwaka'wakw, the native people of Canada's Northwest Coast.) These nipopo were collected in Novoe, Sakhalin, in 1945. Both have the deep patina of long-held personal treasures. (Ainu: Spirit of a Northern People. Arctic Studies Center. Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History) Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Kan Wada Collection B. Wada, col. 1945, Novoe, Sakhalin Ainu: Spirit of a Northern People. Arctic Studies Center. Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History Ainu