It should not surprise tis that there is in the prints the same kind of emotive power that we encounter in these, for Watanabe's purpose is similar to that of the tribal carvers of ceremonial objects. (religion-online.org)
No longer on view, however, are the sacred ceremonial objects which originally were the Wheelwright's raison d'être. (religion-online.org)
But her own «unequivocal» opinion, she said, is that «ceremonial objects do not belong in a museum — adding that objects made for a functional use «should be allowed to self - destruct in the normal order of things.» (religion-online.org)