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Ladle

Culture: Tlingit, Native American
Medium: Horn, metal rivets, metal inlay
Geographical Locations:
- Possible place made: Canada
- Possible place made: USA
Dates: late 19th century
Dimensions: 8 5/8 x 2 1/8 in. (21.95 x 5.4 cm)
Collections: Arts of the Americas
Museum Location: This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
Accession Number: 80.98.3
Credit Line: Gift of Cynthia Hazen Polsky
Image: Overall, 80.98.3_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

Catalogue Description: A horn ladle with an oval bowl secured to the handle by copper [or brass] rivets. The handle is carved with human and animal motifs: a frog, a human head with protruding tongue, and two birds' heads with animal ears. The pupils of the eyes of all figures are inlaid with metal.

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