"Niggy" necklace owned by Saul Williams
date: label: Date
content: 2007
name: label: Designed by
content: Melody Eshani, American
label: Owned by
content: Saul Williams, American, born 1972
notes: label: Description
content: Necklace featuring the word [Niggy] in cursive-style letters. "Niggy" is made of a light blue plastic with red pigment on top. Word is on a black plastic background, shaped around the letters. At either end of the word is a small plastic circle where the metal necklace attaches. Metal portion of necklace is a chain with clasp at the top for closure.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Beauty culture
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Fashion
label: Topic
content: Hip-hop (Music)
label: Topic
content: Identity
label: Topic
content: Language
label: Topic
content: Rock and roll (Music)
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Jewelry and Adornment
label: Exhibition
content: Musical Crossroads
label: On View
content: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Culture/Fourth Floor, 4 053
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Saul Williams
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.188.4
objectType: label: Type
content: necklaces
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: metal, plastic
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 11 1/4 × 3 15/16 × 1/2 in. (28.6 × 10 × 1.3 cm)