"Tardust" ring owned by Saul Williams

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Object Details

Designed by

Melody Ehsani, American

Owned by

Saul Williams, American, born 1972

Description

Ring featuring the word [Tardust] in cursive-style letters at the top of the ring. Letters made of a light blue-green plastic with red and yellow pigment. Word is on a plastic black background, shaped around the letters. Top of the ring adhered to shank that holds three fingers. Shank made of three sections of white plastic.

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Saul Williams

Date

2007

Object number

2014.188.5

Type

finger rings

Medium

metal, plastic

Dimensions

H x W x D: 1 3/8 × 3 1/8 × 13/16 in. (3.5 × 7.9 × 2.1 cm)

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification

Jewelry and Adornment

Exhibition

Musical Crossroads

On View

NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Culture/Fourth Floor, 4 053

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Topic

African American

Beauty culture

Clothing and dress

Fashion

Hip-hop (Music)

Identity

Language

Music

Rock and roll (Music)

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5ea7d8971-55c5-4c26-aaab-32af2b0c5c29

Record ID

nmaahc_2014.188.5