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"Memento Mori" Brooch with stand from the "Thanatos Series"

Designer Bruce Metcalf American
2001
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 302

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Object Information
  • Title: "Memento Mori" Brooch with stand from the "Thanatos Series"
  • Designer: Bruce Metcalf (American, born Amherst, Massachusetts, 1949)
  • Date: 2001
  • Medium: Brooch: Boxwood, diamonds, 18K gold, cotton thread
    Stand: Painted basswood
  • Dimensions: Brooch H: 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm)
    Stand: 13 × 5 1/4 × 2 3/4 in. (33 × 13.3 × 7 cm)
    Weight 2007.384.37a, b: 2.4 lb. (1.1 kg)
  • Classification: Jewelry
  • Credit Line: Gift of Donna Schneier, 2007
  • Object Number: 2007.384.37a, b
  • Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art

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