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Large spoon or ladle with two carved creatures on the handle, both with abalone inlay for eyes. The large bowl is carved below the handle with fin-like designs, and possibly the head of a sea-creature. On the reverse of the bowl claws are carved,possibly belonging to the second creature on the handle which has a hooked beak and a mouth.; Good
A) A spatulate spoon, also known as a soapberry paddle. The spoon has a cylindrical handle which joins a slightly concave paddle that is smooth on one side and decorated on the convex side. The decoration is a two- dimensional carving, comprising of the characteristic oviods and U-forms, which form the body and head of a creature. The shaft of the spoon had split but has been repaired. B) A soapberry paddle. The paddle is flat and undecorated on one side, and finely carved on the slightly convex side. The carving is composed of the characteristic ovoids, U-forms and S-shapes, and forms what could possibly be a sea creature.; Good
Small carved spoon which has become a rich brown colour through use. The spoon has a short handle and a concave bowl. Inside the bowl a fish-tail has been carved, on the under-side of the bowl a sculpin head has been carved.; Good
Very intricately carved handle of a spoon with a considerably smaller bowl. The handle depicts, from the tapered end towards the bowl, a small bear, and six steadily increasing in size frogs, culminating in a little frog between the ears of a bear. Perhaps the sequence represents a transformation, from a bear to a frog. On the reverse of the handle the attention to detail is apparent in the carefully carved bodies of all the creatures.The difference in size between the bowl and handle suggests the bowl was not the original, together with the possible cross-hatched beaver tail on the reverse of the bowl which does not correspond to the bear head at the start of the handle shaft. Despite the difference in size the spoon is still typical of other mountain-goat horn feast spoons of the Northwest coast (G.Crowther).; GoodCatalogue card for E 1907.562-3, notes in black ball point, 'Two spoons of black horn: the plain bowls are fastened to to curved taper handles elaborately carved in relief with totemic emblems.'
Small dark spoon with large bowl and carved figures on the handle. The lower figure is possibly humanoid, but the eyes are elongated on the reverse to form a bird' s beak.; Good
Steeply curved spoon made from mountain-sheep horn and inlaid with rectangular pieces of deeply coloured abalone shell. The pale colour of the horn suggests it has not been used extensively. The horn darkens with use.; Good
A dentalium necklace. On the catalogue card a note from the donor is the only description, The beads are of the type used by the Hudson Bay Company in their trading days on the coast. I had to string them with thread, not having any old sinew ornettle-fibre but the other material was collected by my father from the Indians. My father and I have had at various times similar necklaces both from the Northern Kwakiutl and the Haida. The shell is quite common on the west coast of Vancouver Island. The necklace consists of twenty dentalium shells, two blue trade beads and eighteen small red glass beads.; Good
Carved wooden labret or lip plug.; Good.
Carved wooden hair comb with a frog design perched on a rounded crossbar from which the teeth of the comb descend. The frog sits between two sides of a raven' s head whose long beak stretches upwards to a tip. The rear of the frog can be seen from the opposite side. Held in the raven' s beak, and following its length is a humanoid figure whose arms and legs are clearly visible at the sides of the beak. The humanoid head with prominent eyebrows projects, rather mask-like, from the tip of the beak. Along one side of the raven' s beak the words Queen Charlotte are visible.; Good.
An ornate wooden comb carved into a bear with protruding rounded ears inlaid with haliotis shell. The bear has prominent eyebrows, and its eyes, nose and teeth are inlaid with haliotis shell The bear' s mouth has a wonderful expression of concentrated gripping, as protruding is the inlaid tail of a fish, which also doubles as the bear' s tongue. The bear' s paws are firmly planted on either side of the tail or tongue. On the reverse of the comb the bear' s head is concave, and the shape of its arms are accentuated by grooves. The comb has a patina of use.; Good