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Ladle with Skull

Culture: Heiltsuk (Bella Bella), Native American
Medium: Cedar wood, bear fur, cord, pigment
Place Collected: Bella Bella, British Columbia, Canada
Dates: 19th century
Dimensions: 29 x 8 3/4 x 9 5/16 in. (73.7 x 22.2 x 23.6 cm)
Collections: Arts of the Americas
Museum Location: This item is not on view
Accession Number: 05.588.7297a-b
Credit Line: Museum Expedition 1905, Museum Collection Fund
Image: Overall, 05.588.7297_SL1.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

Catalogue Description: The object is a large carved wooden ladle (a), decorated in black and red paint, with a separately carved wooden skull (b) nesting in its bowl. At the end of the ladle's handle is an animal head. Both skull and animal head have pieces of fur attached.

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ninakuriloff (2)
- Cedar wood, bear fur, cord, pigment
- 19th century
electrette (6)
- skull
- fur
- spoon
- ladle
- carving
- teeth
dsol (5)
- scary
- mohawk
- skull
- fear
- Native American

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