Object Title
"The Sentries" Brooch
Measurements
5.1 x 4.4 cm (2 x 1 3/4 in.)
Creation Date
1999 (brooch), with pre-Colonial figurines
Credit Line
Gift of Nancy Wills Michel in memory of Miyé Matsukata
Museum Name
Culture
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/the-sentries-brooch-625554
Provenance Information
2015, gift of the artist to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 28, 2015)
NOTE: The Ecuadorian figurines were purchased by the artist from Hurst Gallery, Cambridge, MA, in 1999.
NOTE: The Ecuadorian figurines were purchased by the artist from Hurst Gallery, Cambridge, MA, in 1999.
Exhibition Information
None known.
Publication Information
None known.
Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970
Cumulative facts and circumstances
Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above
The figurines that the artist incorporated into this brooch in 1999 are small and non-unique objects. They are virtually untraceable given the closing of the Hurst Gallery and the passing of its owner.