A blessing aid.
There are three kinds of blessing aids: 1) A benediction aid, held during the blessing, by a person about to die yabyab2 1a, in blessing her or his offspring, hapud 3. It consists of a hangānga plant including root and inflorescence along with two wing feathers of a sacrificed chicken which have been smeared with blood, hangānga 2. 2) A feather blessing-aid. During the feather blessing, yabyab2 2, of an object such as bark fiber, alīnaw, at harvest time, īwang, a newly acquired charm, hīwang, wine jar, tībung, or gong, gangha, two to four feathers are plucked from a sacrificed chicken, smeared with blood, hangānga 2, and used as a blessing aid. For a description, see yabyab2 2. 3) A rice blessing aid. At harvest time, following an initial harvest-blessing ritual, tānig 1, a ritual for blessing harvested rice, honga 2b, is performed. Two rice panicles, taken from a first-fruits rice bundle, gī'ub, are smeared with blood, hangānga 2, and held by ritualists, mumbā'i, in blessing the harvest rice, harvesters and family whose fields are being harvested.