Great ladles, with figures of mythical creatueres carved on their handles, are used to distribute food from the feast dishes. The Burke Museum collection includes a pair of large ladles decorated with carved Sisioohl heads. The Sisioohl head is conceived as an extension of the handle, bent back upon itself and joined to the neck of the spoon. The head, with its coiled nostril, scaly crest, and spiral horn, is deeply carved and painted in black, red, green, and white. (Holm, Crooked Beak of Heaven, 1972)

The paint is black and red.

This delicate northern carving in translucent horn is of unknown use. It may have been riveted to a horn spoon bowl to serve as a handle. (Holm, Crooked Beak of Heaven, 1972)