Lot Essay
Two similar examples from the same period are in the Peabody Museum, Harvard University. See Walker Art Center, 1972, p. 11, pl. 5.
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A SIOUX BUFFALO HORN EFFIGY LADLE
With shallow pear shaped bowl, a narrow arched handle with a hooked downward handle top carved in the form of a bird's head, with a long open beak and light blue glass beads in the eyes
9¾in. (24.8cm.) high
With shallow pear shaped bowl, a narrow arched handle with a hooked downward handle top carved in the form of a bird's head, with a long open beak and light blue glass beads in the eyes
9¾in. (24.8cm.) high