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Machine Age Bakelite bracelet
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Machine Age Bakelite bracelet

1930–1935
Country of Origin, for CustomsUnited States
Medium/TechniqueChrome, plastic (phenolic resin)
DimensionsDiameter and width: 21.2 × 2.4 cm (8 3/8 × 15/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Carole Tanenbaum
Accession number2018.3967
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
Collections
ProvenanceBetween about 1970s and 2018, acquired by Carole Tanenbaum, Toronto, Ontario [see note]; 2018, gift of Carole Tanenbaum to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 12, 2018)

NOTE: This is part of a large collection of costume jewelry given to the MFA in 2018, which had been built over about 40 years.