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Collections

Los Castillo
Large Shell Necklace (Collar con conchas grandes)circa 1940

Not on view
Silver necklace laid flat, oval form composed of large domed links each decorated with carved diagonal ridges and scroll curls in relief
Artist or Maker
Los Castillo
Mexico, Taxco, circa 1942-1948
Designer
Margot de Taxco (Margot van Voorhies Carr)
United States, active Mexico, 1896-1985
Title
Large Shell Necklace (Collar con conchas grandes)
Date Made
circa 1940
Medium
Silver
Dimensions
1 × 1 1/2 × 17 1/2 in. (2.54 × 3.81 × 44.45 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Jim and Penny Morrill in honor of the museum's 50th anniversary
Accession Number
M.2014.161.1
Classification
Jewelry and Adornments
Collecting Area
Latin American Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Kaplan, Wendy, ed. Found in Translation: Design in California and Mexico, 1915-1985. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Munich: DelMonico Books-Prestel, 2017.