This spoon is carved in two pieces. The handle is carved, the bowl is plain. Detail description follows: The design begins at the tip of the handle with a segmented cone (possibly representing the rank symbol for the figure below). This cone rests upon the head of a long, thin, standing figure with large, down-slanted eyes and a protruding tongue held with the hands. The figure stands upon a section of a cylinder of four, elaborated rectangles carved on the side. Below this is an animal head with a long beak-like nose that curls down towards the mouth. The head might represent a hawk. In the open mouth of this head a double row of teeth is clearly indicated. Condition: good.

This graceful spoon is carved from one piece of horn and is very abstract. The handle hints at a loon or other birds head and then curves into the length of the handle until it reaches the deep bowl of the spoon. All over amber color.

Large carved handle spoon. Figures on handle have inset abalone shell eyes.

This short spoon is carved from one piece. The handle has one head wearing a multiple ringed shaman's hat.

This extremely graceful spoon is carved from one piece of horn that has beautiful amber and brown striations in its coloring. The bowl is very thin and large. The handle is a round delicate tube that curves from the bowl and after a length curves back almost 180 degrees to culminate in a water bird head with a long open beak.

This spoon is carved from two pieces of horn. The handle is rounded with a pointed end. Figures carved into the handle are shallow.

A horn ladle with an oval bowl secured to the handle by copper [or brass] rivets. The handle is carved with human and animal motifs: a frog, a human head with protruding tongue, and two birds' heads with animal ears. The pupils of the eyes of all figures are inlaid with metal.

The front of the headdress has a beaded headband in blue and white. From under the headband, trailing down the back is dyed red horse hair. Two long horns (beef horns) are on either side. A roach of bird skin and feathers is fastened to center of horsehair trailer. Four bands of dyed feathers are attached to a red wool trailer faced with cotton fabric that hangs down the back of the headdress. According to Sean Standing Bear 10/24/2000) the small concentric beaded circles on either side of the headdress are 'eyeballs.'

This spoon is carved from two pieces of horn. The handle has several interlocking figures and ends in a point.

This spoon is carved from two pieces of horn. The handle is deeply carved with a sitting raven perched near the bowl and other figures climbing along to the pointed tip.