Navajo Hand-made Coin Silver Spoon [SOLD]

This is a Navajo hand-made silver spoon crafted from coin silver around 1900-1910. The bowl and handle were constructed separately then soldered together with an ingenious splint, also of silver. The stamping consists of clouds crescent moons, rain, sun, an arrow and 6 connected arched and serrated elements.

Recommended Reading: Navajo Spoons: Indian Artistry and the Souvenir Trade, 1880s-1940s,(click here to view details of book) by Cindra Kline. Museum of New Mexico Press, Santa Fe. 2001. Soft cover. $27.50. (Available from Adobe Gallery)