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  1.ADLE 
  WITH 
  Sitting 
  figures. 
  

  

  No. 
  41. 
  

  

  In 
  other 
  instances 
  the 
  human 
  form 
  was 
  introduced 
  in 
  various 
  

   attitudes. 
  The 
  figure 
  of 
  the 
  wrestlers 
  is 
  quite 
  spirited, 
  and 
  a 
  good 
  

   specimen 
  of 
  wood 
  carving. 
  Upon 
  the 
  others 
  it 
  will 
  be 
  seen 
  there 
  

   are 
  five 
  figures 
  ; 
  four 
  of 
  them 
  in 
  a 
  stooping 
  posture, 
  and 
  the 
  fifth 
  

   bending 
  over 
  backwards, 
  with 
  his 
  hands 
  and 
  feet 
  each 
  upon 
  the 
  

   head 
  of 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  sitting 
  figures. 
  Other 
  specimens 
  are 
  surmount-^ 
  

   ed 
  with 
  a 
  turtle, 
  or 
  a 
  swan, 
  or 
  a 
  wolf, 
  at 
  the 
  fancy 
  of 
  the 
  maker. 
  

   These 
  ladles 
  are 
  found 
  in 
  large 
  numbers 
  in 
  every 
  Indian 
  family, 
  

   at 
  least 
  one 
  for 
  every 
  member 
  of 
  the 
  household, 
  in 
  which 
  to 
  the 
  

   present 
  day 
  they 
  are 
  the 
  substitute 
  for 
  the 
  spoon, 
  and 
  in 
  most 
  fami- 
  

   lies, 
  for 
  the 
  knife 
  and 
  fork. 
  In 
  minuteness, 
  delicacy, 
  and 
  beauty 
  

   of 
  carving 
  the 
  ladle 
  surpasses 
  all 
  the 
  other 
  wooden 
  utensils 
  of 
  the 
  

   Iroquois. 
  In 
  the 
  collection 
  will 
  be 
  found 
  four 
  specimens 
  carved 
  

   with 
  human 
  figures, 
  seven 
  with 
  those 
  of 
  animals, 
  and 
  two 
  plain 
  ; 
  

   part 
  of 
  them 
  were 
  obtained 
  among 
  the 
  Senecas, 
  and 
  the 
  residue 
  of 
  

   the 
  Iroquois 
  in 
  Canada. 
  

  

  