Silver Spoon with Whirling Log symbol (made for sale)

Diné (Navajo)
Southwest

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collected 1900

Silver and turquoise

Overall: 7 7/8 in. (20 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Bequest of Frank C. and Clara G. Churchill

46.17.9992

Geography

Place Made: United States, North America

Period

19th century

Object Name

Tools and Equipment: Food Service

Research Area

Native American

Native American: Southwest

Not on view

Inscriptions

Bowl inscribed: "Navajo"

Provenance

Clara G. Corser Turner Churchill (1851-1945) and Frank Carroll Churchill (1850-1912), Arizona, 1900; bequeathed to present collection, 1946.

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