sculpture

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Other Name
Hung up on a Notion
Description
Sculpture; interpretive piece composed of simplified chess set and one bone
piece like a chess piece fork and wish bone.
The latter suspended or hung over the board. Materials used: silver, bone, copper, steel.
Place
Auckland/New Zealand
Accession Number
1986.260
Accession Date
14 Nov 1986
Other Id
M2495 (miscellaneous)
Department
Applied Arts and Design

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Credit Line
purchased with funds provided by the Charles Edgar Disney Art Trust, collection of Auckland Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, M2495
Primary Maker
Daniel Clasby (Jeweller)
Place
Auckland/New Zealand
Date
1986
Period
Elizabeth II (1952 - 2022)/House of Windsor/English reign
Media
silver/nonferrous metal/metal/inorganic material
bone
copper/nonferrous metal/metal/inorganic material
steel/iron alloy/metal/inorganic material
Measurement Description
chess piece
height 27 x width 12 x depth 12 mm
wishbone piece
height 122 x width 66 x depth 66 mm
fork piece
height 94 x width 32 x depth 12 mm
Measurement Reading
27mm
12mm
12mm
122mm
66mm
66mm
94mm
32mm
12mm
Classification
Sculpture
Art
08 Communication Artifacts

sculpture
Last Update
01 Dec 2017

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