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"Birch Spiral" neckpiece
Artist / Designer: Kathleen Dustin (American, born in 1951)
American
2014
Medium/Technique
Polymer clay, steel, rubber, rare earth magnets, and oxidized sterling
Dimensions
Diameter and length: 30.5 x 61 cm (12 x 24 in.)
Credit Line
Anonymous gift
Accession Number2016.377
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsJewelry, Contemporary Art, Americas
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Necklaces and neck bands
DescriptionInspired by birch bark, this neckpiece has tapered white and grey/black polymer beads of varying lengths strung on steel wire, with rubber spacers, and a round red polymer and oxidized silver clasp positioned off-center at the front.
Provenance2016, anonymous gift to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 22, 2016)