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Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1393   CAS 0370-1393; Teaspoon
Category Culinary Items; Jewelry & Metalwork
Object Name Teaspoon
Culture Navajo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County McKinley
Other Geographic Data Vicinity of Gallup
Maker's Name Joe D. Yazzie (attributed)
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); 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; Teaspoon CAS 0370-1398 bears hallmark of Joe D. Yazzie, suggesting the others may also have been made by him).
Dimensions (cm) Width = 2.6, Thickness = 1.2, Length = 14.2