Ron Ho
"Dog Stars" Pendant

"Dog Stars"  Pendant

© Ron Ho

"Dog Stars" Pendant
"Dog Stars"  Pendant
ArtistAmerican, born 1936
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • "Dog Stars" Pendant
Date1985
Made inSeattle, Washington, United States
MediumAfrican gold weight, bronze Afghan fragment, sterling silver, and 1930 reproduction of Pre-Columbian dog beads
DimensionsOverall: 10 1/2 × 6 × 1 in. (26.7 × 15.2 × 2.5 cm)
Credit LineHelen Williams Drutt Collection, museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Foundation
Object number2002.3826
Non exposé

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ProvenanceThe artist; acquired by Helen Williams Drutt English, 1994; purchased by MFAH, 2002.
Exhibition History"Becoming Chinese," Honolulu Art Academy, 1995.

"Ron Ho: A Retrospective," Bellevue Arts Museum, Washington, September 21, 2006–February 18, 2007.

"Ornament as Art: Avant-Garde Jewelry from the Helen Williams Drutt Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, September 30, 2007–January 27, 2008; Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, March 14–July 6, 2008; Mint Museum of Craft and Design, Charlotte, August 16, 2008–January 4, 2009; Tacoma Art Museum, Washington, June 27–September 13, 2009.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
"RON HO" stamped on a plate mounted to the back of the pendant.

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