"Choker #35"

Designer Mary Lee Hu American

1977

Not on view

A devoted metalsmith since her youth, Mary Lee Hu creates exquisite wearable body ornaments by wrapping, twisting, knitting, and weaving metal wire. She uses only her fingers and the occasional pair of pliers as tools. Here, Hu references aquatic forms. Highly organic, Choker #35 is one of a series of related designs and is characteristic of her meticulous but experimental working method

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Title: "Choker #35"
Designer: Mary Lee Hu (American, born Lakewood, Ohio, 1943)
Date: 1977
Medium: 24K gold, silver, and lacquered copper electrical wire
Dimensions: 9 3/4 × 6 3/4 × 1 1/2 in., 0.2 lb. (24.8 × 17.2 × 3.8 cm, 0.1 kg)
Classification: Jewelry
Credit Line: Gift of Donna Schneier, 2007
Object Number: 2007.384.23
Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art

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