!["Schlange spielt mit Perle" [Snake Plays with Pearl] Armpiece](/internal/media/dispatcher/296873/preview)
Artist
Bernhard SchobingerSwiss, born 1946
CultureSwiss
Titles
- "Schlange spielt mit Perle" [Snake Plays with Pearl] Armpiece
Date1995
MediumIron, gold, cultured pearl, black diamonds, malachite, and cinober fragments
DimensionsOverall: 3 × 2 7/8 × 3/8 in. (7.6 × 7.3 × 1 cm)
Credit LineHelen Williams Drutt Collection, museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Foundation
Object number2002.4066
Current Location
The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building
Gallery 206
On view
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Department
Decorative Arts, Craft, and DesignSpecial Collections
Object Type
Exhibition History"Feuer über Wasser," Museum Baviera, Zürich, November 23, 1996–January 31, 1997.
"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.
"Liquid Lines: Exploring the Language of Contemporary Metal," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, March 7–July 18, 2010.
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