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The Steven Michaan Collection of North American Tribal Art : The Art of the Spirit World : Woodlands
Eastern Great Lakes Woodlands
Snow Owl Effigy Ladle
Maple, 4 ¼” Length, c.1720-1740
An early ladle with a wide, narrow bowl and a straight handle with delineated perch upon which the owl effigy sits.
It has a reductive body with a serrated face simulating the look of feathers around a snow owl’s face.
