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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DragonflyWink, post: 362367, member: 111&quot;]I thought perhaps otter because of his expression, the long body and short paws, and also thought it might be a shell on his belly, with perhaps the slender stem as his tail - but really have no problem with him being a bear either.</p><p><br /></p><p>Finally dug out some old clips from my files on Tlingit silversmith Rudolph Walton, the first from an 1895 Presbyterian missionary publication, mentioning how his spoons were made, and the second from a 1905 article on Alaska, mentioning his new store.&nbsp; The link is to a Rudolph Walton spoon with double bear heads at the Sheldon Jackson Museum in Sitka...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]123879[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]123880[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://cdm1.library.uaf.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/cdmg31/id/1/rec/2" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://cdm1.library.uaf.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/cdmg31/id/1/rec/2" rel="nofollow">http://cdm1.library.uaf.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/cdmg31/id/1/rec/2</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Don&#039;t really collect NA silver, but do like it and have a few pieces, so glad to add this spoon - the one below is a large heavy Navajo teaspoon with a wonderful owl at the top and a Yei spirit in the bowl, all of the design was stamped, even the fine feather details (sorry, crummy old pic):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]123884[/ATTACH]</p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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