Japan (Aomori Prefecture)

Final Jōmon Goggle-Eyed Dogū Figurine from Aomori Prefecture

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Date: Estimated around 1000–400 BCE, belonging to the final phase of the Jōmon period. Period: Final Jōmon Period (approximately 1000 BCE – 300 BCE).

Ritual and Spiritual Role: Served as ritual talismans or sympathetic magic objects used in fertility rites, healing rituals, and community welfare. Shamanic Function: Many final Jōmon figurines show deliberate breaks or missing limbs, suggesting they were used in rituals where breaking the figurine symbolized transferring illness, absorbing curses, or invoking earth spirits for an abundant harvest and safe childbirth.