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Catalog Number

CAS 0521-0008   CAS 0521-0008; Ladle
Category Culinary Items; Tools & Implements
Object Name Ladle
Culture Eskimo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County Nome
Other Geographic Data St. Lawrence Island
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name N/A
Materials Ivory
Description Small oval-shaped spoon with short extant portion of handle, carved from single piece of ivory; Small, rectangular perforation through handle where it joins bowl of spoon and indication of second similar perforation just above and slightly behind first one.
Dimensions (cm) Height = 1.2, Width = 2.5, Length = 7.2