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Necklace with two removable pendants and removable mask ornament

Maker: Denise Wallace

necklace with large central pendant in the form of a turtle with an openwork smiling face on its shell; face opens to reveal a removable mask with frowning face, with top of face in silver and bottom of face in ivory; two large pendants flank central pendant--each in the form of a seal--one with an ivory head and a silver body, and one with a silver head and an ivory body; seal on right (ivory head) has removable round face pendant in ivory and openwork images of swimming seals and figure in a boat on body; seal on left (silver head) has a removable square ivory face pendant and has two ivory elements on body with stick figure hunter with a bow and arrow shooting at a caribou; PL side of necklace has square stylized metal masks alternating with round ivory faces--PR side of necklace has round silver stylized masks alternating with square ivory faces

Date
1987
In our collection
since March the 2nd, 2015 up to now
Dimensions
29 3/4 × 3 1/4 × 5/8 in. (75.57 × 8.26 × 1.59 cm)
Location
G261
Medium
Sterling silver, fossiled walrus ivory
Price
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Composition
atium75%
iron17%
oxygen2%
zinc3%
copper1%
cadmium2%