Description

Carved spoon consisting of a large sheep horn bowl nailed to a carved mountain goat horn handle. Depicted from top to bottom: dorsal fin of a killer whale on the top of a human-like figure whose legs are also the tail of the whale. The side fin is positioned behind the tail which is resting on the head of the whale. In the whale’s mouth is an upside down human; the two figures are sharing a tongue. The whale’s eye is inlaid with abalone shell.