necklace
date: label: date made
content: 2008
notes: label: Description
content: Donor Rev. Nilsa Irizarry (1969-) was born in Chicago and raised in the city’s Humboldt Park neighborhood. Irizarry’s interest in jewelry and jewelry making was inspired by her abuela and mother, who she recalls making fantastic jewelry out of their limited resources. Irizarry’s parents came to Chicago from Puerto Rico, and she felt that these pieces of jewelry were an important expression of her family’s identity, culture, and community.
label: Description
content: In 2007 Irizarry began selling custom jewelry. Irizarry collaborates closely with her clients to design pieces which reflect not only her own cultural influences, but also the client’s identity. She views this as a form of cooperative economics and shared art.
label: Description
content: Outside of jewelry making, Irizarry works with the Chicago Department of Public Health. She is an ordained clergywoman with the Metropolitan Community Churches (MCC), an LGBTQ+ affirming Christian denomination, and uses her jewelry as an expression of her faith, culture, and lesbian sexuality.
label: Description
content: This necklace was acquired as part of the museum's Latino Clothing and Identity Project, which ran from 2008-2009.
label: Description
content: Object physical description: Grey, white and clear plastic beaded necklace with white stone pendant; large grey smooth translucent plastic round beads, large clear plastic berry beads, and small clear plastic faceted beads with silver corrugated round and silver rondell cone spacers; center front has milky white oval stone drop pendant capped by small clear plastic faceted beads; silver hook and eye clasp.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Illinois, Chicago
topic: label: referenced
content: Latino
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content: Home and Community Life: Costume
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content: Clothing & Accessories
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content: Cultures & Communities
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Nilsa Irizarry
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2009.0174.001
label: accession number
content: 2009.0174
label: catalog number
content: 2009.0174.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: necklace
label: Object Type
content: Accessories Worn on the Body
label: Object Type
content: Woman
label: Object Type
content: Jewelry
label: Object Type
content: Necklace
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 28.2 cm; 11 1/8 in