A cultural object that I use now is sage. Sage is dried out sage plants wrapped together with string as you can see above. The man is holding a shell so that the pieces that fall off, don't go on the ground and you can use a feather which is common, or your hand to push the smoke were you want it to go. My Taino friend taught me, sagings roots are also with Native Americans. The belief is that you make sure to go around house with the smoke, hitting every corner and it will rid your house of bad spirits and bad energy. It cleanses your home. You would also put smoke around yourself and it will cleanse you. I feel whenever I do it my house feels brighter and lighter and my energy is restored. The smell can be a bit strong at first but after a while you don't even notice it.