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1980

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1990

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1997

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Necklace (Germany)

This is a necklace. It was made by Victoria Wittek. It is dated ca. 1985 and we acquired it in 1997. Its medium is silver, gold. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

It is credited Museum purchase from Smithsonian Regents Collections Acquisition and Monet Funds.

  • Amulets
  • hand-spun, hand-woven brocaded cotton jamdani scraps, pieced and embroidered.
  • Gift of Christina Kim.
  • 2022-26-3-1/42

Its dimensions are

Di x D (pendant): 9.5 × 3.2 cm (3 3/4 × 1 1/4 in.)

Cite this object as

Necklace (Germany); Made by Victoria Wittek (b. 1948); silver, gold; Di x D (pendant): 9.5 × 3.2 cm (3 3/4 × 1 1/4 in.); Museum purchase from Smithsonian Regents Collections Acquisition and Monet Funds; 1996-107-2-a/c

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