Unfinished wood, rounded sppon bowl with square lip. Long slender stem ends in curved hook, on top of which sits carved rabbit.;Found in Museum's old school loan kit - Africa Kit. Orignally removed from kit with thought of transferring to Education Collection for use as a hands-on objects for the Newcomers exhibit Foodways culture Kit. Item was identified as Native American by Collection Review Committee member Scott Meechum and not African by Collection Committee member George Bayard at January 2006 meeting. Removed as transfer to Education Collection and processed as an acquisition to the Permanent Colelction.;Found in the Museum's old school loan collection. removed for use as hands-on item in the Newcomers Foodways Culture Kit.;In ink on reverse of stem, "No. 47" and "3-6-34".;This Ladle may have been mused as a "Feast Ladle" for ceremonial thanksgiving feasts which were important to Woodland peoples. The rabbit or "wa-bo-os" in Ojibwe, was considered a brother of the Ojibwe people. The use of four-legged beings is a common motif in Woodland arts and crafts.
