Long-handled ladle with a cup-shaped bowl. The handle has small hammered squares lining the edge, and crossing the centre five times leaving X-shapes. The end of the handle curls under creating a loop which a copper ring is threaded through. The side of the bowl has a lip for pouring.

Sheep horn ladle with designs carved in low-relief from back of bowl up the back of the handle. At the base of the handle a small human face gazes outward.

The wood is maple.

« There are three wooden spoons in the Speck collection, two of which have oval bowls and slightly curved handles (fig. 9b-c). The third has a round bowl and a handle that is sharply curved at the end (fig. 9a). These are described as having been used by hunters at a grease feast at which a bear is eaten and the guests bring their own spoons. Such spoons would thus appear to have more ceremonial than utilitarian significance. Although Speck (1930, p. 446) notes that such spoons were always dyed a dark color, these have not been dyed. Rogers (1967, p. 33, fig. 3, pi. IIIA) also describes and illustrates such spoons for the Mistassini. » Vanstone, James W. "The Speck Collection of Montagnais Material Culture from the Lower St. Lawrence Drainage, Quebec." Fieldiana. Anthropology. New Series, No. 5 (October 29, 1982), p.9, fig 9a (p.37).

The Elizabeth Cole Butler Collection.

The Elizabeth Cole Butler Collection.

The Elizabeth Cole Butler Collection.