Artist
Ron HoAmerican, 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
Not on view
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Department
Decorative Arts, Craft, and DesignSpecial Collections
Object Type
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.
Cataloguing data may change with further research.
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Robin Kranitzky
1990
Silver, copper, glass beads, acrylic, lead foil, cotton, brass, micarta, postcard fragments, found objects, Mylar, and balsa
2002.3873
Unknown
1920–1929
Glass beads, metal, rubies, emeralds, opals, silk, and wool embroidery thread
86.570
Robin Kranitzky
1989
Silver, nickel silver, copper, micarta, glass beads, postcard fragments, found objects, Mylar, and balsa
2002.3871
Robin Kranitzky
1989
Silver, nickel silver, copper, micarta, glass beads, postcard fragments, found objects, Mylar, and balsa
2002.3872
Robin Kranitzky
1997
Micarta, polymer clay, copper leaf, faux gold leaf, glass beads, brass, copper, silver, postcard fragments, found objects, Mylar, and balsa
2002.3881
Unknown African
1900–1950
Cotton cloth, flannel, glass beads, raffia cloth, indigo dye, and cane (?)
97.341
