Object Details
- Luce Center Label
- Ramona Solberg came up with the idea for these brooches when her local bead society had a bazaar, and she chose to combine them with metal rather than string them conventionally. These pieces recall the fibulae that the ancient Celts used to fasten cloaks around their shoulders.
- Luce Object Quote
- “Jewelry should communicate warmth and kinship. It succeeds best when it connects with people.” Artist quoted in Adornment Newsletter, Fall 2001
- Data Source
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Artist
- Ramona Solberg, born Watertown, SD 1921-died Seattle, WA 2005
- Date
- ca. 1985
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Lloyd E. Herman, founding director and director emeritus of the Renwick Gallery (1971-1986)
- Medium
- sterling silver, cinnabar, wood, glass
- Dimensions
- 5 x 2 x 1 in. (12.7 x 5.1 x 2.5 cm.)
- Type
- Decorative Arts-Jewelry
- Crafts
