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Bruce Metcalf
'Handwork Necklace'1999

Not on view
Necklace of seven carved golden-wood hands in varied gestures, alternating with cork and wood beads on a dark cord; one hand holds metal pliers, another has a painted eye in its palm
Close-up of a light-toned wood surface with visible grain, bearing a handwritten inscription reading 'METCALF' followed by a number, likely a signature and date.
Artist or Maker
Bruce Metcalf
United States, Massachusetts, Amherst, born 1949
Title
'Handwork Necklace'
Date Made
1999
Medium
Beech, holly, mahogany, cork, brass, silver, gold
Dimensions
14 1/2 × 9 1/2 × 2 in. (36.83 × 24.13 × 5.08 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Lois and Bob Boardman
Accession Number
M.2013.221.23
Classification
Jewelry and Adornments
Collecting Area
Decorative Arts and Design
Selected Bibliography
  • Mills, Rosie Chambers and Bobbye Tigerman. Beyond Bling: Contemporary Jewelry from the Lois Boardman Collection. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Munich: DelMonico Books-Prestel, 2016.