Bird-patterned water ladle from Kuginsk (Finnish translation)

This water ladle is made of a sewn sheet of birch bark and has a wooden handle. Wooden hoops have been sewn onto both the outside and inside of the ladle’s brim to reinforce it. The handle has been sewn to the upper edges of the cup part of the ladle so that it runs in the middle of the cup part. The ladle is decorated with ornamental patterns made by scratching. There is a bird pattern in the middle of the bottom and “head” patterns around it. The ladle is from the village of Kuginsk (Finnish translation) near the river Severnaya Sosva.