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early 1970s
Elsa Peretti
For Roy Halston Frowick, known as Halston
Height x width x depth: 10.4 x 12.2 x 0.4 cm (4 1/8 x 4 13/16 x 3/16 in.)
Ivory
Classification: Jewelry / Adornment
Culture: American
Object Place: United States
Accession number: 2010.536
Description: This bracelet, once owned by supermodel Naomi Sims, is a thin, undulating, biomorphic bangle of carved ivory. Both Elsa Peretti and Sims were Halstonettes.
Provenance/Ownership History: Early 1970s, Naomi Sims (b. 1948- d. 2009), New York; 2009, by inheritance to Sims's estate; sold by Sims's estate to Kimberly Klosterman Jewelry; sold by Klosterman to an anonymous buyer; anonymous gift to the MFA (Accession date: June 16, 2010)
Anonymous gift