Spoon

About this object

Narrative

Purchased between 1915 and 1917 in Port Essington by a Skeena River cannery worker.

Specific techniques

Made from hammered silver coins.

Physical description

Silver spoon with an oval shaped bowl and a handle that ends in a triangulated point, curving back at the tip. The front of the spoon has an engraved Northwest coast style hummingbird design. The back has a thin linear design all around the edge (except the tip); the bottom end of the bowl has a somewhat triangular design formed with rows of the same tiny lines.