<I>Erchie</I>
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1949
name: label: Created by
content: Art Smith, American, 1917 - 1982
notes: label: Description
content: This is the Erchie earrings, a pair of dangle earrings designed and created by jeweler Art Smith. Each earring is made of one upper dangle made of copper wire and one lower dangle made of brass wire. The upper dangle copper wire is bent at the center into a circle and the long ends are flattened and laid parallel and flattened. The screw backing is attached to the copper ends. The center of the brass wire is bent into a circle and goes through the circle of the copper wire. The brass wire has the long ends meet and are flattened, dangling. The circles of both wires are blackened due to oxidation employed by Smith.
place: label: Place made
content: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
title: label: Title
content: Earrings by Art Smith
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Art
label: Topic
content: Craftsmanship
label: Topic
content: Design
label: Topic
content: Fashion
label: Topic
content: Fashion design
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design
label: Classification
content: Jewelry and Adornment
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Charles L. Russell
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2023.12.28ab
objectType: label: Type
content: earrings
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: copper and brass
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (each): 2 × 3/8 × 3/4 in. (5.1 × 1 × 1.9 cm)