Object Details
Donor Name
Jennie Kappenman
Notes
Tough Case for Apple iPhone 8 Plus. In this series of work, titled Side Dimes, Mikayla Lapierre remixes 18th and 19th century European paintings with pop culture references. The works are digitally painted on the reproductions of the original paintings. https://blog.society6.com/making-old-things-new-a-chat-with-side-dimes-creator-mikayla-lapierre/ . The mobile phone/cellphone case is shiny black on the exterior with a full color print, in stark relief, of an old painting depicting a young woman in formal dress, typical of classical portraiture, modified by the addition of a bubblegum bubble to make it appear the woman is blowing a bubble. The case liner is a matte black silicone frame. Portals created in the case provide access to phone buttons and plugs.
The title of this case, "So Extra", plays off a slang meaning for the word extra, which is "excessive, melodramatic; over the top" - so extra. (n.d.) Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. (2015). Retrieved November 7 2022 from https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/so+extra .
E437472 and E437473 are identical.
Record Last Modified
14 Jul 2023
Specimen Count
1
Culture
American
Accession Number
2090185
USNM Number
E437473-0
Object Type
Cellphone case
Length
7.52 cm
Height
14.61 cm
Place
New York / Brooklyn, New York, United States, North America
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Data Source
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
Topic
Ethnology
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmnhanthropology_16792221