Blanche Tilden creates jewelry out of such unusual materials as used gear chains and richly colored cut glass with oxidized or distressed metals. The Museum’s long sash can be worn like a necklace or across the body. It honors Yom HaShoah, the day of remembrance for the six million Jews who perished in the Holocaust. The two colors are inspired by the tallith (Jewish prayer shawl), which is traditionally white with blue stripes.