Stacked button neckpiece
1997

Rowena GOUGH

Medium: 18 carat gold, mother of pearl
Measurements: 56.0 × 13.5 × 1.2 cm
Accession Number: 1997.353
Department: Contemporary Design and Architecture
Credit Line: National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1997
© Rowena Gough/Licensed by Copyright Agency, Australia
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Gallery location: Gallery 10
Level 2, NGV Australia
Physical description: An 18 carat gold wire threaded with mother-of-pearl buttons that form a stack resembling vertebrae. The button stack curves in the manner of a human spine when worn on the body.