Necklace. Máret Ánne Sara, "Pile o'Sápmi"

Necklace based on Máret Ánne Sara's Pile o'Sápmi, made in collaboration with jewellery designer Matt Lambert.  

• Stainless steel chain and pendant 
  
• The threads are taken from the shawl of a traditional Sámi outfit, with the colour palette of the Norwegian flag 
  
• The chain is approx. 55 cm long (21.6 inches) 
  
• The pendant is approx. 4 x 2 cm (1.5 x 0.8 inches), the threads are about 10 cm long (3.9 inches) 
  
• Pile o'Sápmi is mounted in the vestibule of The National Museum and was made as a protest against the Norwegian government's forced slaughter of reindeer in Finnmark, and as a symbol of the ongoing colonization of Sápmi and the Sámi rights movement