Necklace
William Spratling
(American, 1900–1967)
1955–1960
Object PlaceTaxco, Mexico
Medium/TechniqueGold, jadite, coral
DimensionsHeight x length: 7.6 x 45.7 cm (3 x 18 in.)
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds from the Frank B. Bemis Fund, Arthur Tracy Cabot Fund, Karsh Center at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Stephen H. Borkowski, Leigh Braude-Borowski and Marek Borowski, Jo-Ann Edinburg Pinkowitz and Richard Pinkowitz, Karen and Michael Rotenberg, and gifts in honor of the marriage of Leigh Braude-Borowski and Marek Borowski donated by Lee and Allen Sinai, Shelly and Bruce K. Eckman, Joy and Douglas Kant, Lorraine Bressler, Joyce and Carl P. Sherr, Elliot Davis and John Paolella, Olga Vanegas and Dennis A. Carr, and all of the Art of the Americas curators
Accession number2016.392
On View
Not on viewClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
Collections
Provenance2005, sold by the estate of a private collector, San Diego, through Long Beach Auctions, Long Beach, CA to James Tracy and James Black, New York; 2016, sold by James Tracy and James Black to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 28, 2016)
1323–1295 B.C.
