Hummingbird Necklace

Provenance

Leah Gordon, New York, by 2002 [Morrill 2002, 153]; with Leah Gordon Antiques, New York, by June 2, 2008 [according to letter from Leah Gordon Antiques, June 2, 2008; copy in curatorial object file]; sold, probably Whitehawk Antique Indian & Ethnographic Art Show, to Peter and Elaine Liebesman, Rockville, MD, July 30, 2008 [gallery receipt; copy in curatorial object file]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2024.

Hummingbird Necklace

William Spratling Shop

c. 1952–65

Accession Number

274261

Medium

Silver and obsidian

Dimensions

Overall: 30.5 × 5.8 × 1.3 cm (12 × 2 1/4 × 1/2 in.)

Classification

decorative arts

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Gift of Peter and Elaine Liebesman