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Ken Cory
'How to Fix Your Snake' Belt Buckle1976

Not on view
Small circular cloisonné enamel medallion in a brass rim, depicting the cropped lower body of a nude figure standing in stylized green and teal waves, holding a brown staff near a pale snake
Close-up of a scratched brass surface with raised block lettering reading "KEN CORY" above "1976."
Artist or Maker
Ken Cory
United States, Washington, Ellensburg 1943-1994
Title
'How to Fix Your Snake' Belt Buckle
Date Made
1976
Medium
Enamel on copper, brass
Dimensions
2 7/8 × 2 7/8 × 3/4 in. (7.3 × 7.3 × 1.91 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Lois and Bob Boardman
Accession Number
M.2014.198.55
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Decorative Arts and Design
Selected Bibliography
  • Cummins, Susan, Damian Skinner, and Cindi Strauss. In Flux: American Jewelry and the Counterculture. Stuttgart: Arnoldsche Art, 2020.
  • Cummins, Susan, and Damian Skinner. North by Northwest: The Jewelry of Laurie Hall. Stuttgart: Arnoldsche, 2021.