"Memento Mori" Brooch with stand from the "Thanatos Series"
Object type: Brooch
Department: Modern and Contemporary Art
Artist: Bruce Metcalf
Artist bio: American, born Amherst, Massachusetts, 1949
Artist role: Designer
Artist nationality: American
Date: 2001
Medium: Brooch: Boxwood, diamonds, 18K gold, cotton thread
Stand: Painted basswood
Dimensions: Brooch: H. 4 x 1 1/8 in. (10.2 x 2.8 cm)
Stand: H. 13 x W. 5 x D. 2 3/4 in. (33 x 12.7 x 7 cm)
Classification: Jewelry
Credit line: Gift of Donna Schneier, 2007
Accession year: 2007
Tags: Brooches|Skeletons