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Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1332   CAS 0370-1332; Dinner fork
Category Culinary Items; Jewelry & Metalwork
Object Name Dinner fork
Culture Navajo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County McKinley
Other Geographic Data Community: Coolidge area
Maker's Name Frank Charlie, Eckley Yazzie
Date of Manufacture 1933
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Metal: Silver
Description Three-tined dinner fork with flat, constricted handle whose rounded proximal end expands in width and is stamped with horned moon symbol (hallmark of Bert I. Staples' shop, Crafts del Navajo, Coolidge, NM).
Dimensions (cm) Width = 2.1, Thickness = 2.0, Length = 19.6