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Bamboo Container

CultureKenyah
Dateearly 20th century
MediumBamboo, wood, and rattan
DimensionsOverall (lid partially on): 14 1/8 × 1 3/4 inches (35.88 × 4.45 cm)
Credit LineGift of Ralph T. Coe Center for the Arts, 2025
Object number2025.56.140
On View
Not on view
DescriptionA bamboo container with carved motifs.Provenance

Collected by James Barker, by 1996;

Purchased from James Barker by Ralph T. Coe (1929-2010), February 5, 1996-2010;

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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