"Boxes and Components" Necklace

Helen Britton Australian

2010

Not on view

Artwork Details

Title: "Boxes and Components" Necklace
Artist: Helen Britton (Australian, born Lithgow, 1966)
Date: 2010
Medium: Gold plated silver, plastic polymer, and found objects
Dimensions: 26 1/4 × 1 1/8 x 1 in. x 0.2 lb (66.7 × 2.9 x 2.5 cm x 0.1kg)
Classification: Jewelry
Credit Line: Gift of Donna Schneier, 2013
Object Number: 2013.602.5
Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art

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