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THIS IS A NEW AND STUNNING 60 PAGE GOTTA HAVE BOOK OF COLLECTIBLE,STERLING, SOUVENIR SPOONS.

IT IS IN A BIG 8-1/2 INCH BY 11 INCH FORMAT.

THE BOOK WAS WRITTEN AND PHOTOGRAPHED BY NICK T. SPARK ,A DOCUMENTARIAN, AUTHOR AND VISIONARY PHOTOGRAPHER.

IT COMMEMORATES SOUVENIR SPOONS OF THE WEST BY COMBINING BOTH THE COMMERCIALLY MADE VARIETIES WITH THE HAND HEWN NATIVE AMERICAN ONES SPANNING THE PERIOD FROM 1890-1941.

THE AUTHOR HAS DRAWN FROM OUTSTANDING PRIVATE COLLECTIONS AND PHOTOGRAPHED EXAMPLES OF SPOONS AND ASSORTED MEMORABILIA, MANY OF WHICH HAVE NOT BEEN SHARED WITH AN AUDIENCE BEFORE

T ARE 60 PAGES FILLED WITH UNIQUE, GORGEOUS,COLORED PHOTOGRAPHS. THESE ARE INCREDIBLY CREATIVE, 3-DIMENSIONAL JUXTAPOSITIONS AND LAYERINGS OF COLLECTIBLE SPOONS AND RELATED SILVERWARE. IN MANY INSTANCES THE SOUVENIR SPOONS ARE SET AGAINST NATIVE AMERICAN BASKETS,JEWELRY AND POTTERY, WESTERN ICONOGRAPHY,VINTAGE LINEN POSTCARDS,EARLY PICTORIAL DOCUMENTS AND MORE.

MOREOVER, SOME OF THESE ARE PHOTOGRAPHED AGAINST BACKDROPS OF MAJESTIC MOUNTAINS,SAGUARO STUDDED LANDSCAPES AND RAINBOW COLORED SUNSETS.

ALTHOUGH AT FIRST GLANCE THE BOOK APPEARS TO APPEAL TO A DISTINCT,NICHE MARKET, IT ACTUALLY SPANS A BROAD RANGE OF INTERESTS AND COLLECTIBLES SINCE SOUVENIR SPOONS ENCOMPASS HISTORY, GEOGRAPHY, ETHNOGRAPHY,RELATED SILVER WARE AND ARTS AND CRAFTS.

FOR THE NATIVE AMERICAN COLLECTOR, T IS AN ABUNDANCE OF INFORMATION ON FRED HARVEY AND HIS INFLUENTIAL COMPANY AND T ARE DAZZLING ARTIFACTS TO BEHOLD,MANY WITH THE FAMED THUNDERBIRD LOGO.

T ARE NAVAJO SILVER TRAYS,SNUFF BOTTLES,SILVER AND TURQUOISE SPOONS WITH STAMPINGS OF INDIAN SYMBOLS INCLUDING ARROWS, WHIRLING LOGS AND ANIMAL TRACKS.

IN ADDITION, ARE OUTSTANDING EXAMPLES OF EARLY NAVAJO PROFILE SPOONS AND RARE, FIGURAL,NAVAJO SPOONS WITH ANIMALS

FOR THE SOUVENIR SPOON COLLECTOR, T IS A RICH HISTORY ABOUT WHICH TO READ. THIS IS COMBINED WITH AN AMAZING NUMBER OF SPECTACULAR EXAMPLES OF SPOONS FROM TOURIST ATTRACTIONS ,INCLUDING THE COMMEMORATION OF THE FUNICULAR RAILWAY ON MOUNT LOWE,THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, WESTERN DUDES AND CHIEFTAINS AND EVEN ONE WITH CHIEF GERONIMO'S IMAGE ETCHED INTO THE BOWL.

THE BOOK CONTAINS AN ARRAY OF HIGHLY DETAILED SPOONS WITH ENAMELED BOWLS THAT ARE HIGHLY PRIZED BY COLLECTORS

MANY OF THE INVENTIVELY ORCHESTRATED PHOTOGRAPHS ARE SPICED WITH WHIMSY. FOR INSTANCE, T IS A PLAQUE OF AN INDIAN ROWING A CANOE AND THE OAR IS A CLEVERLY INSERTED, NATIVE AMERICAN CRAFTED SPOON. THE BACKDROP FOR SOME MAYAN FIGURAL TEASPOONS IS A STRIKING IMAGE OF A MEXICAN PYRAMID FROM A TOURIST BROCHURE. A BULLFIGHTER SPOON IS PLACED ATOP AN ADVERTISEMENT OF A TIJUANA BULLFIGHT. IT APPEARS THAT THE SPOON IS BETWEEN THE BULLFIGHTER'S CAPE AND THE BULL. A SPOON COMMEMORATING THE HOPI SNAKE DANCE SHOWS THE PRESCOTT SMOKI SNAKE DANCERS AS A FITTING BACKDROP THAT MAKES THE IMAGERY ON THE SPOON COME TO LIFE.

THIS WOULD BE A FABULOUS ADDITION TO YOUR SILVER SOUVENIR COLLECTIBLE OR NATIVE AMERICAN LIBRARY OR A TERRIFIC GIFT TO A COLLECTOR OF NATIVE AMERICAN OR WESTERN ARTIFACTS, JEWELRY,SPOONS,POSTCARDS OR HISTORIC PHOTOGRAPHS . IT IS JAM PACKED WITH VISUAL AND HISTORIC DELIGHTS.

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