This outsized cup or scoop displays a large Manitou effigy with overlapping references to the spirits’ eye, head and horns. Hewn from rock maple, the bowl is masterfully carved with a thinly-hewn body and a dramatic rendering of the Manitou effigy with a hyperextended crown and a large demilune eye.

For more information on this piece, please see Powers, "The Evolution of the Water Manitou as Seen Through Its’ Presence In Woodlands Bowls & Ladles, Good Wood" Volume 1, 2008 and Maurer "Great Lakes Indian Art, Representational & Symbolic Forms in Great Lakes-Area Wooden Sculpture" 1989.