Hair Ornament

Artist:Claire Falkenstein

Medium: Brass, aluminum

Geograhical Locations:

• California, United States

Dates:ca. 1950

Dimensions: 4 1/4 x 1 3/4 x 1/2 in. (10.8 x 4.4 x 1.3 cm)

Collections:

• Decorative Arts and Design

Exhibitions:

• From the Village to Vogue: The Modernist Jewelry of Art Smith

Accession Number: 2007.21.4

Image: CUR.2007.21.4.jpg,

Catalogue Description:
Hair ornament; an abstract, mixed metal design of a bird in profile, comprised of a shaped vertical element as the body with several pierced holes in the center and embellished with a large spiral as an eye formed from the end of a wire that travels down the body and wraps around the feet.

Brooklyn Museum