Merrily Tompkins
"Thank You, Hide" Pendant

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Artist Merrily Tompkins (American, 1947–2018)American, 1947–2018

CultureAmerican

Titles

"Thank You, Hide" Pendant

Date1976

Made inGleed, Washington, United States

MediumCopper, brass, sterling silver, enamels, wood, leather, and found objects

DimensionsOverall: 15 1/2 × 5 1/4 × 3/4 in. (39.4 × 13.3 × 1.9 cm)

Credit LineHelen Williams Drutt Collection, museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Foundation

Object number2002.4130

Not on view

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Department

Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design

Special Collections

Helen Williams Drutt Collection of Contemporary Studio Jewelry

Object Type

JEWELRY & ADORNMENT

ProvenanceJimmy Monolides; acquired by Helen Williams Drutt English; purchased by MFAH, 2002.
Exhibition History"The Passionate Adventure of the Real: Collage, Assemblage, and the Object in 20th Century Art," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 18, 2003–February 8, 2004.

"Merrily Tompkins," Manolides Gallery, Seattle.

"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

"THANK YOU hide" carved on hide across front of pendant.

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