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breastplate necklace
Protection #4
breastplate necklace
Kiff Slemmons (American, born in 1944)
2000
Medium/Technique
Silver, pencils, American nickel, leather, horsehair, pencil shavings
Dimensions
Overall: 58.4 × 24.1 × 1.3 cm (23 × 9 1/2 × 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
The Daphne Farago Collection
Accession Number2017.4926
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsJewelry, Contemporary Art, Americas
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Necklaces and neck bands
DescriptionHand fabricated breast plate composed of sharpened pencils adorned with silver medallions formed from American coins; feather shaped silver pendants and leather hanging at bottom and coiled silver neckstrap at top.
Signed
Unsigned
Marks
Unmarked
ProvenanceJanuary 9, 2001, sold by Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA to Daphne Farago (b. 1924 - d. 2017), Little Compton, RI; 2017, bequest of Daphne Farago to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 14, 2017)
Copyright© 2007 Kiff Slemmons