408 Large Ash Burl Bird Effigy Ladle Eastern Great Lakes Woodlands, Second half 18th century Large bird-of-prey commands its position atop a slightly delineated perch-the bowl is refined and broad at the same time-being a little heavier than typical. The whole with a dark, richly patinated surface. L. 8 3/8 in.
$3,000-5,000 Literature: Illustrated in: Powers, Steve, S. North American Burl Treen: Colonial & Native American. Brooklyn, NY, 2005, p. 169.
409 Ash Burl Large Handled Bowl/Scoop in the Form of Bird 404
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Eastern Great Lakes, late 18th / early 19th century Well figured ash burl bowl with canted sides with long handle terminating in a bird’s head (possibly a heron) , the head slightly cocked. While most Woodlands effigy ladles and bowls isolate the effigy carving, the effigy in this instance is seen within the entire form. The head leads to the long neck (handle) and into the bowl -shaped body. L. 13 in.
$4,000-6,000
410 Two Carved Woodlands Canes First-half 19th century The first, with Otter Paw Holding a Clam Shell. The otter and clam are meaningful symbols in the Woodlands culture. The otter is seen sculpturally portrayed on effigy ladles and clams were used for food and shells themselves were often as spoons. The shell was of course also used to make wampum. 406
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404 Maple Reductive Owl Effigy Ladle
406 Ash Owl Effigy Ladle
Eastern Great Lakes Woodlands, late 18th century
Eastern Great Lakes Woodlands, late 18th / early 19th century
Another ladle exemplifying the importance of the ladle library that Brams developed. Without the aid of the other owl effigy ladles, it would hard to “see” the owl here. Beautifully rendered with a proportionally large and thin hewn bowl and handle. The ‘tiger’ figuring is exceptional. L. 6 1/2 in.
$3,000-6,000
405 Snow Owl Effigy Ladle Eastern Great Lakes Woodlands, 18th century Ladle with the early architecture of a wide, shallow bowl, the handle with delineated perch upon which the owl effigy sits. Reductive body with a serrated face simulating the look of feathers on a snow owl’s face.
Small figured ash burl ladle well executed with a balanced bowl leading to a handle with beaded perch upon which the owl sits. L. 5 3/8 in.
$3,000-6,000
407 Owl Effigy Ladle Eastern Great Lakes Woodlands, first half, 19th century Well-balanced example with the owl divided between the front and the back, the straight handle strongly tapering into the owls belly. Very oblong bowl. L. 4 1/2 in.
$1,500-2,500
L. 4 1/4 in.
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L. 36 in. The second, carved cane with fist, Northeast Woodlands, carved with the type of fist one might find on a crooked knife with thumb positioned outside the closed fingers. L. 35 1/2 in. (2)
$800-1,200