Spoon
94-20-3
Curatorial Section: American
Object Number | 94-20-3 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
Date Made | ca. 1920 |
Section | American |
Materials | Silver | Copper |
Iconography | Owl | Fish |
Description | Metal spoon of copper once plated with silver. Small bowl tapers to thick handle depicting incised fish out of whose mouth comes an owl with wings and head at the handle tip. Owl's facial elements raised. Back side of spoon undecorated. Silver plate most visible on reverse. |
Credit Line | Gift of Marshall J. Becker, 1994 |
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