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Jazz Age drummer brooch

1930–1939
Country of Origin, for CustomsFrance
Medium/TechniquePlastic (Galalith), chrome, brass
DimensionsHeight x width: 7 × 4.5 cm (2 3/4 × 1 3/4 in.)
Credit LineGift of Carole Tanenbaum
Accession number2018.4129.1
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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.
Auguste Bonaz
1930–1937
Jakob Bengel
1930–1939
Jakob Bengel
1933
House of Saint Laurent
1970–1979
Walter von Nessen
designed about 1938; manufactured 1938–42
Monophone (AE 40)
Automatic Electric Company
1938–50