Stuart M. Buehler
"Nine Grains" Necklace

"Nine Grains"  Necklace

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"Nine Grains" Necklace
"Nine Grains"  Necklace
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • "Nine Grains" Necklace
Date1982
MediumCow bone, wax linen string, store beads, and dye resist
DimensionsOverall: 16 × 2 3/4 × 1/4 in. (40.6 × 7 × 0.6 cm)
Credit LineHelen Williams Drutt Collection, museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Foundation
Object number2002.3654
Non exposé

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Provenance[Susan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley, California]; acquired by Helen Williams Drutt English, February 1, 1992; purchased by MFAH, 2002.
Exhibition History"Stuart Buehler, Jewelry and Paintings," Susan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley, California, 1992.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
"JBW / 82" etched on back of one bead.

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