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This necklace is composed of cylindrical faceted pink plastic Pop beads, also called "Pop-it" beads, that connect by fitting a molded ball on one bead into a matching socket on the next bead in the sequence.
necklaces
plastic by property: thermoplastic or thermoset
Necklace
Toy or fashion jewelry? These pop beads, also called pop-its, were named for the sound they make when one separates their linking mechanism. These iconic beads were a favorite of folk art scholar and collector Nina Fletcher Little.
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
1037
Unknown
United States
1/2 (W) (inches)
Family of Nina Fletcher Little
1993.62
For more information of Pop-It beads see DiNoto, Andrea, "Art Plastic: Designed for Living," (1994): 62-63.
United States
Title Pop bead necklace Accession Number 1993.63
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