Spoon

Physical description

Carved silver spoon with an oval shaped bowl and long handle ending in a triangulated point. Depicted is a killer whale on the shaft, a bird’s head on the tip of the handle and a face on the bottom of the bowl. The tip of the handle curves slightly back. Fine crosshatching in the negative space. There are seven lines of design on the whale's tail. The underside is engraved with ‘Fort Simpson; B.C.’, written on two rows.