ladle-shaped

I hold out my hands; the priest pours the pure water over them thrice from a ladle-shaped vessel of bamboo with a long handle, and then gives me a little blue towel to wipe them upon, a Votive towel with mysterious white characters upon it.

Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan First Series Lafcadio Hearn 1877

LaRue showed aerial photos of the 45-mile transmission lines 'ladle-shaped path rounding the mountain peak that spawns the troublesome avalanches, prompting the Assembly to ask about the possibility of a buried or submerged transmission line or a direct route over the mountain peak.

JuneauEmpire.com 2009