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Ronald Hayes Pearson Neckpiece
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Smithsonian American Art Museum Gift of the James Renwick Alliance 1968, silver, 8 x 9 1/2 x 7 1/2 in.
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This neckpiece is an exquisite example of contemporary metalwork. Reduced to an elegant simplicity,
it is a lyrical embodiment of line and form in space. Decoration is reduced to two
facing spirals. One of the most ancient of human signs, spirals evoke swirling cosmos,
eternity, and spirituality.
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