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
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atium 75% iron 17% oxygen 2% zinc 3% copper 1% cadmium 2%