Navajo Indian Head Coin Silver Spoon [R]

Navajo made spoons were souvenir items sold to travelers in the west beginning as early as the 1880s. When the train came to New Mexico in the 1880s, tourists followed. Spoons were easy items to carry back home. This spoon is a fantastic example of an early Navajo spoon. It has a whimsical Indian head and the word “Navajo” stamped in the bowl, which author Cindra Kline states was a practice used before 1920. The serrated edges on the bowl indicate the spoon was hammered from silver coins. The Indian head on the top of the spoon was a typical motif used in this time period.