Jennifer Trask
"Wunderkammer" Necklace

Artist Jennifer Trask(American, born 1970)American, born 1970

CultureAmerican

Titles

"Wunderkammer" Necklace

Date2007

MediumSterling silver, 18k, 22k, and 24k gold, copper, shakudo, steel, ivory, hematite, carnelian, garnet, hessonite, moonstones, butterfly wings, pandora moth wings, dragonfly and cranefly wings, feathers, snakeskin, glass eyes of fish and reptiles, eyeshadow made of fish scales, gold powder, mica powder, bronze powder, gold and mica flakes, crushed shells, bronze shavings, ficus leaf, and rust

DimensionsOverall: 17 × 12 × 3/4 in. (43.2 × 30.5 × 1.9 cm)

Credit LineGift of Don and Rita Newman

Object number2009.1660.1

Non exposé

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Department

Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design

Object Type

JEWELRY & ADORNMENT

Provenance[Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, Massachusetts]; acquired by Don and Rita Newman, 2007; given to MFAH, 2009.
Exhibition History"Renwick Invitational," Smithsonian American Art Museum, Renwick Gallery, Washington DC, September 9, 2016–January 8, 2017.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Stamped on the backs of eight elements of the necklace, starting at top right, and moving clockwise: "ODONATA / EPIPROCTA" "FE" "ANAEA [on side edge]" "ADULARIA / Jt" "CU" "Jt" "Cu 85 + / ZN 15" "ADULARIA" "TIPULA"

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