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2021

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2022

  • We acquired this object.

2025

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Necklace, Balance Necklace, 2021

This is a necklace. It is dated 2021 and we acquired it in 2022. Its medium is 18k gold, tsavorites, malachite, green sapphires, emeralds, bi color green tourmaline, olive tourmaline, azurite chrysocolla, white diamonds, elytra of chrysodema dalmanni beetle, chrysina woodi beetle. . It is a part of the department.

It is credited Museum purchase through the Smithsonian Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the National Museum of the American Latino.

Its dimensions are

H x W x D (overall): 37 × 14.4 × 1.9 cm (14 9/16 × 5 11/16 × 3/4 in.) H x diam. ((a) neck ring): 2 × 14.5 cm (13/16 × 5 11/16 in.) H x W x D ((b) Scarab Beetle): 7.3 × 4.8 × 2.5 cm (2 7/8 in. × 1 7/8 in. × 1 in.) H x W x D ((c) Beetle): 6 × 2.1 × 0.8 cm (2 3/8 × 13/16 × 5/16 in.) H x W x D ((d) Triangular Charm): 6.4 × 4 × 2.7 cm (2 1/2 × 1 9/16 × 1 1/16 in.) H x W x D ((e) Twig): 7.5 × 2.3 × 2.4 cm (2 15/16 × 7/8 × 15/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Charms b,c,d have etched "Daniela 18K"

Cite this object as

Necklace, Balance Necklace, 2021; 18k gold, tsavorites, malachite, green sapphires, emeralds, bi color green tourmaline, olive tourmaline, azurite chrysocolla, white diamonds, elytra of chrysodema dalmanni beetle, chrysina woodi beetle. ; H x W x D (overall): 37 × 14.4 × 1.9 cm (14 9/16 × 5 11/16 × 3/4 in.) H x diam. ((a) neck ring): 2 × 14.5 cm (13/16 × 5 11/16 in.) H x W x D ((b) Scarab Beetle): 7.3 × 4.8 × 2.5 cm (2 7/8 in. × 1 7/8 in. × 1 in.) H x W x D ((c) Beetle): 6 × 2.1 × 0.8 cm (2 3/8 × 13/16 × 5/16 in.) H x W x D ((d) Triangular Charm): 6.4 × 4 × 2.7 cm (2 1/2 × 1 9/16 × 1 1/16 in.) H x W x D ((e) Twig): 7.5 × 2.3 × 2.4 cm (2 15/16 × 7/8 × 15/16 in.); Museum purchase through the Smithsonian Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the National Museum of the American Latino; 2022-35-1-a/e

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