These objects can be found at Chinese temples and have to do with answers to prayer. The half moon shaped carvings are dropped on the ground to give either a yes, no or don't ask type answer depending on how they land. The sticks in the vases give a more complex answer. The person with the question must shake the vase at an angle and eventually one of the sticks will fall to the ground. Each stick has a number that correlates to a slip of paper in a case. These papers have complicated answers to their prayer which they must interpret themselves.
This picture should follow the one below, it was part of the tour!
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