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Photo: Scott Leen
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Photo: Scott Leen

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Date1975
Label TextKen Cory studied ceramics in Oakland in the 1960s before returning to Eastern Washington and continuing to work in jewelry as a medium. In his jewelry, as in his earlier ceramics, he played irreverently with his use of materials, often using found objects and defying expected assignations of value around jewelry and art. Describing his jewelry as “small portable sculptures,” he said that “the pieces are functional only to the extent that they are not heavy to wear.”
Object number99.31
Photo CreditPhoto: Scott Leen
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Anne Gerber Biennial: 2000 1/2: going forward looking back, May 8, 2000 - August 4, 2000. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Poke in the Eye: Art of the West Coast Counterculture, June 21 - September 2, 2024.
Credit LineGift of the Cory family
Dimensions2 1/8 x 2 7/8 x 3/4 in. (5.4 x 7.3 x 1.9 cm)
MediumEnameled copper, silver and brass
Photo: Paul Macapia
Chinese
late 18th to 19th century
Object number: 96.39.13
Photo: Scott Leen
1971
Object number: 99.30
Netsuke Flint Box
Japanese
ca. 1800
Object number: 91.150
Japanese
18th-19th century
Object number: 35.212
Photo: Paul Macapia
French, Mennecy
ca. 1750-60
Object number: 98.33
Dish
Chinese
ca. 1680 - 88
Object number: 56.166
two views
Chinese
late 19th - early 20th century
Object number: 33.1011
Armlet: Two Benin heads with snakes
Benin Kingdom
Object number: 68.43
Dan
20th century
Object number: 81.17.214
Pendant
Nepalese
late 18th - early 19th century
Object number: 70.67