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Mitla Necklace
This is a necklace. It was designed by Kiff Slemmons. It is dated 2012 and we acquired it in 2016. Its medium is handmade paper. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.
This is a unique piece made from paper from a workshop near Oaxaca, Mexico, that produces handmade paper. Particularly thick paper was made for this necklace, part of a series referring to ancient monuments in Oaxaca.
This object was
donated by
Susan Lewin.
It is credited The Susan Grant Lewin Collection, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.
- Necklace
- stamped paper discs strung together.
- Gift of Vicki Halper in honor of Marion Gartler.
- 2016-42-2
- Neckpiece (Norway)
- birch, rosewood, paint.
- Museum purchase from Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Fund.
- 1991-52-1
- Necklace
- paper.
- Museum purchase from Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Fund.
- 1993-114-9
Our curators have highlighted 2 objects that are related to this one.
- Necklace (Norway)
- steel, gold, silver, mother-of-pearl.
- Museum purchase from Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Funds and....
- 1984-83-1
- Rolodex Open Rotary Card File
- bent tubular metal, molded plastic, rubber, paper.
- Gift of Rolodex Corporation.
- 1996-14-2
Its dimensions are
H x diam.: 3.2 × 26 cm (1 1/4 × 10 1/4 in.)
It has the following markings
No marks
Cite this object as
Mitla Necklace; Designed by Kiff Slemmons (American, b. 1944); handmade paper; H x diam.: 3.2 × 26 cm (1 1/4 × 10 1/4 in.); The Susan Grant Lewin Collection, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum; 2016-34-101
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Jewelry of Ideas: Gifts from the Susan Grant Lewin Collection.
