A SOUTHERN ESKIMO MOUNTAIN SHEEP HORN LADLE

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A SOUTHERN ESKIMO MOUNTAIN SHEEP HORN LADLE

With deep oval bowl, long tapering concave handle with human head at finial surmounted by two hornlike crests, the handle incised at top with semi-circular motifs with hatched centers, at bottom rows of concentric arcs, the bowl incised with circles and dots, the bowl cracked, sewn with sinew, 18¾in. (47.6cm.) long