- Title
- Silver Feathers and Obsidian Cabochons Necklace (Collar con plumas de plata y cabujones de obsidiana)
- Date Made
- 1943-1948
- Medium
- Silver, obsidian
- Dimensions
- 1 1/2 × 1 1/4 × 19 1/2 in. (3.81 × 3.18 × 49.53 cm)
Diameter: 7 in. (17.78 cm)
- Accession Number
- M.2013.4.18
- Collecting Area
- Latin American Art
- Curatorial Notes
Héctor Aguilar began his career as director of William Spratling's workshop, Taller de Las Delicias, before opening his own Taller Borda in 1939. His works fuse Aztec and Mixtec motifs with an international modernist visual vocabulary.