Necklace, Jungle Twins, from the Jungle collection
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Necklace, Jungle Twins, from the Jungle collection
This is a Necklace. It was designed by Terhi Tolvanen.
This object is not part of the Cooper Hewitt's permanent collection. It has been able to spend time at the museum on loan from Susan Beech.
This haunting necklace combines silver, wood, and Hawk’s Eye to form twin crocodile faces entwined around the front. Silver wraps around the wood base, creating a kind of chain mail effect. Individual strands wrap over the top of the base pieces to form a leash around the necks of the crocodiles. The Hawk’s Eye becomes the eyes of the crocodiles, giving a three-dimensional illusion to their gaze upon the viewer.
It is credited Courtesy of Susan Beech and Ornamentum Gallery.
- Bracelet (England or United States)
- hair, gold, ivory, seed pearls, pailettes.
- Gift of Mrs. Charles W. Lester.
- 1960-17-1
- Bracelet
- silver.
- 1931-82-17-a,b
- Bracelet (USA)
- hair, gold.
- Gift of Georgina and Louisa L. Schuyler.
- 1916-29-54
Our curators have highlighted 16 objects that are related to this one. Here are three of them, selected at random:
- Brooch, Wings, from the Curiosity Collection
- mother-of-pearl, cement, silver, wood.
- Courtesy of the Rotasa Collection Trust and Ornamentum Gallery.
- 17.2015.2
- Drawing, Study of Squash Vines
- graphite, pen and ink on tracing paper.
- Gift of Starling W. Childs and Ward Cheney.
- 1937-59-31
- Set Of Necklace And Bracelets (probably England), ca. 1830
- dyed horsehair.
- Museum purchase through bequest of Ida McNeil in memory of Lincoln C. McNeil....
- 1992-166-1/3
Its dimensions are
L x diam.: 6.4 × 20 cm (2 1/2 × 7 7/8 in.)
