Ladle with a rocking skull in the bowl
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Ladle with a rocking skull in the bowl

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Ladle with a rocking skull in the bowl, According to Charles Newcombe, who collected this ladle, it was probably used for a symbolic feeding of human beings to initiates of the Heiltsuk Cannibal Society during initiation ceremonies. Nor DISH

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Werner Forman Archive/ Brooklyn Museum, New York

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Photo12/Universal Images Group/Werner Forman

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UMG12A29_457

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