Images(2)

Keel-billed Toucan

Object Name2 Beads

Artist Kim Fields (American, b. 1956)

Made FromGlass

Date2009

Place MadeUnited States, MI, Metamora

TechniqueFlameworked

Size(a) Bird Bead H: 2 cm, W: 7.6 cm, D: 2 cm; (b) Log Bead H: 1 cm, W: 2.3 cm, D: 1.2 cm

Accession Number2014.4.39

Credit LineGift of the International Society of Glass Beadmakers (President's Collection)

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Not On View

Physical Description2 Beads, "Keel-billed Toucan". Black, yellow, green, red, orange, white, brown, and blue glasses; flameworked. (a) Bead in the form of a toucan bird primarily made of black glass with a yellow breast and green bill with a red tip. (b) Bead in the form of a brown log or branch with applied green leaves and two applied blue X's, which function as bird's feet when (a) is set atop (b).
Provenance

Source International Society of Glass Beadmakers - 2014-09-29