Artist
Jennifer TraskAmerican, 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
Current Location
The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building
Gallery 314
On view
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Department
Decorative Arts, Craft, and DesignObject Type
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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Unknown Japanese
early 20th century
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2007
Sterling silver, 18k, 22k, 24k gold, copper, shakudo, steel, citrine, and glass eyes of fish and reptiles
2009.1660.3
Jennifer Trask
2007
Sterling silver, 18k, 22k, 24k gold, copper, shakudo, steel, and glass eyes of fish and reptiles
2009.1660.2
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c. 1800
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c. 1800
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2022.402
