Polkadot+Necklace+No.+6

Date: 1996
 * [[image:http://ids.si.edu/ids/deliveryService?id=http://americanart.si.edu/images/1998/1998.1_2a.jpg&max=460 width="157" height="230" link="@http://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artwork/?id=36091"]] || Title: **Polkadot Necklace No. 6**

Artist: **Ramona Solberg** Born: Watertown, South Dakota 1921 Died: Seattle, Washington 2005

Medium: sterling silver, leather, and dominoes Dimensions: 11 3/4 x 7 1/8 x 1 1/4 in. (29.7 x 18.1 x 3.2 cm) Smithsonian American Art Museum Gift of Libby Cooper

Accession: 1998.1 || “I have a terrible time passing up any sort of game pieces, old compasses or miniature tools—pieces with a past or an intrinsic symbolism.” Artist quoted in //Adornment Newsletter//, Fall 2001
 * Luce Center Quote: **

Ramona Solberg is drawn to the color and stark geometry of old game pieces. She finds used dominoes particularly attractive and includes them in many of her works. The artist selects for her jewelry the objects that have been “worn, handled, treasured, and traded by ordinary people from all cultures” and hopes that her pieces will continue to be used in this way.
 * Luce Center Label: **

Archives of American Art, Oral history interview with Ramona Solberg, 2001 March 23
 * Resources: **

Artist Biography SAAM Collections Page Craft in American, Ramona Solberg
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