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Figure "Bulul"

CultureIfugao
Dateearly 20th century
MediumWood
DimensionsOverall: 21 1/4 × 6 5/8 × 6 3/4 inches (53.98 × 16.83 × 17.15 cm)
Credit LineGift of Ralph T. Coe Center for the Arts, 2025
Object number2025.56.127
On View
Not on view
DescriptionCarved wooden "Rice God" figure. The figure is seated on a base with their elbows on their knees and a hand placed near their chin.Provenance

With Tony Milton, by 1999;

Purchased from Tony Milton by Ralph T. Coe (1929-2010), December 2000-2010;

His bequest to the Ralph T. Coe Center for the Arts, Santa Fe, NM, 2010-2025;

The Coe Center's gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2025.

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