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Spoon

MOA: University of British Columbia

3260/52

Small carved silver spoon with thunderbird imagery on handle, two-finned killerwhale on back of bowl. Tip of handle is shaped and carved as a bird head.

  • Narrative

    Purchased by the donor at auction through Christie's, this spoon was previously in the James & Marilyn Bergstrom Collection of Northwest Coast Art. According to their information, it was exhibited at the Seattle Art Museum in "The Box of Daylight", Sept. 15, 1983-Jan. 8, 1984, and published in the exhibit catalogue by Bill Holm.

  • Type of Item spoon
  • Culture Haida
  • Material silver metal
  • Measurements height 16.0 cm, width 3.7 cm, depth 5.0 cm (overall)
  • Creator Charles Edenshaw
  • Previous Owner Elspeth McConnell
  • Received from Elspeth McConnell
  • Made in British Columbia
  • Creation Date between 1870 and 1890
  • Ownership Date before August 12, 2017
  • Acquisition Date on August 12, 2017
  • Item Classes metalwork
  • Condition fair
  • Accession Number 3260/0052

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