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Nancy Worden
'Balancing Right and Left' Necklace2000

Not on view
Necklace displayed flat, strung with walnut-shaped brown beads and amber disc beads, with five fan-shaped horse-hair and silver-metal pendants
Close-up of the reverse side of a sterling silver pendant, stamped "WORDEN STERLING 2000," with a brown leather cord knotted through a silver bail, a dark cabochon stone set at bottom, and partial U.S. dime coins visible at top edges.
Artist or Maker
Nancy Worden
United States, Massachusetts, Boston, 1954-2021, active Washington, Seattle
Title
'Balancing Right and Left' Necklace
Date Made
2000
Medium
Silver, US and Japanese currency, copper, brass, onyx, polyester brushes
Dimensions
10 1/2 × 11 × 1 1/2 in. (26.67 × 27.94 × 3.81 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Lois and Bob Boardman
Accession Number
M.2013.221.36
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.
Copyright
© Nancy L. Worden