Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1398 | |
| Category | Culinary Items; Jewelry & Metalwork | |
| Object Name | Teaspoon | |
| Culture | Navajo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Arizona, New Mexico | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Navajo Indian Reservation | |
| Maker's Name | Joe D. Yazzie | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1955-1960 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Metal: Silver | |
| Description | Teaspoon with oval-shaped bowl and short flat handle that expands toward proximal end; Proximal end of handle is stamped with horned moon symbol (copied from hallmark for Bert I. Staples' shop, Crafts del Navajo, Coolidge, NM); Reverse of handle is stamped with "W" (hallmark for M.L. Woodard's, Gallup, NM) and image of a Navajo man's head (hallmark of Joe D. Yazzie, a benchsmith at Woodard’s); This and 7 other teaspoons with the Woodard hallmark were commissioned by the Elkuses much later than the original teaspoons that were made at Bert Staples shop in 1932. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 2.6, Thickness = 1.2, Length = 14.2 | |