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Anthropology catalogue ledger book entry for this object identifies it as a "soup ladle." This was mistranscribed on artifact catalogue card as "soap ladle."Source of the information below: Inuvialuit Pitqusiit Inuuniarutait: Inuvialuit Living History, The MacFarlane Collection website, by the Inuvialuit Cultural Resource Centre (ICRC), Inuvik, N.W.T., Canada (website credits here http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/posts/12 ), entry on this artifact http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/items/78 , retrieved 12-17-2019: Ladle carved from a single piece of wood. The ladle has a short handle with a triangular section cut out. This opening may have been for hanging the ladle on a peg. More information here: http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/item_types/36: Ladles made from wood, horn and ivory were used for dipping water and for stirring and serving broth.