staff with shide streamers; gohei staff
A wooden staff to which zigzag paper streamers (shide) are attached, forming a gohei used in Shinto purification rituals. The term is technical and primarily encountered in religious or cultural contexts.
The Shinto priest took the gohei staff in hand and began the purification rite.
Compound of 幣 (hei, 'offering' or 'ritual paper') and 串 (kushi, 'skewer' or 'staff'), referring to the staff used to hold ritual paper streamers.