Set of five stainless steel neckerchief slides with enamel graphics, late 1990s–early 2000s.
Category: Curated
File Under: #Y2K, #NuMetal, #FleaMarketJunk
Description
Set of five metal neckerchief slides designed to secure scarves or bandanas without knotting. Each slide consists of a stainless steel band with a printed or enamelled graphic wrapped around the exterior surface.
The group reflects a shared visual language associated with late-1990s and early-2000s popular culture, drawing from tattoo flash, extreme sports branding, reggae symbolism, and fantasy iconography. The designs are stylistically unrelated yet historically adjacent, unified by repetition of motif, scale, and material.
Included designs:
Monster Energy–style claw graphic (green)
Interlocking tribal armband pattern (black/grey)
Twin dragon motif (blue)
Rasta scorpion emblem (red/yellow/green)
Lower-back tribal “tramp stamp” pattern (red/black)
All slides were acquired secondhand, cleaned, and stabilized. No alterations have been made. Surface wear and minor inconsistencies are consistent with age and use.
Presented together as a study in ornamental shorthand and mass-produced identity, the set documents how graphic symbols circulated across subcultures through small, inexpensive accessories.
Set of five stainless steel neckerchief slides with enamel graphics, late 1990s–early 2000s.
Category: Curated
File Under: #Y2K, #NuMetal, #FleaMarketJunk
Description
Set of five metal neckerchief slides designed to secure scarves or bandanas without knotting. Each slide consists of a stainless steel band with a printed or enamelled graphic wrapped around the exterior surface.
The group reflects a shared visual language associated with late-1990s and early-2000s popular culture, drawing from tattoo flash, extreme sports branding, reggae symbolism, and fantasy iconography. The designs are stylistically unrelated yet historically adjacent, unified by repetition of motif, scale, and material.
Included designs:
Monster Energy–style claw graphic (green)
Interlocking tribal armband pattern (black/grey)
Twin dragon motif (blue)
Rasta scorpion emblem (red/yellow/green)
Lower-back tribal “tramp stamp” pattern (red/black)
All slides were acquired secondhand, cleaned, and stabilized. No alterations have been made. Surface wear and minor inconsistencies are consistent with age and use.
Presented together as a study in ornamental shorthand and mass-produced identity, the set documents how graphic symbols circulated across subcultures through small, inexpensive accessories.
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