Chicago Columian Exposition, 1893. Two "Northwest Coast Indian" style scoops, the design attributed to Paulding Farnham, Tiffany & Co., New York, circa 1893

the tapered curved handles chased with superimposed stylized faces, marked on backs of bowls and with World's Fair mark

Tiffany Display, Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893

For the Tiffany exhibit at the Chicago World's Fair, commemorating the 400th Anniversary of Columbus landing in the Americas, Paulding Farnham turned to several North American cultures for inspiration.  The "Viking Punch Bowl" (Metropolitan Museum) acknowledged American explorers before Columbus, while the "Aztec Calendar Plate," the "Pueblo vase", and these spoons inspired by Pacific Northwest totem poles offered indigenous styles to a Gilded Age audience. (see John Loring, Magnificent TIffany Silver, pp. 203, 210, and 217)