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Drum Handle (?)

CultureNewari
Date19th century
MediumWood
DimensionsOverall: 13 7/8 × 2 × 2 inches (35.24 × 5.08 × 5.08 cm)
Credit LineGift of Ralph T. Coe Center for the Arts, 2025
Object number2025.56.142
On View
Not on view
DescriptionA carved wooden handle with various figures. The slotted top indicates this is a shaman's drum (Dyangro) handle.Provenance

With James Barker, a private dealer of Southeast Asian Art, Santa Fe, NM, by 2006;

Purchased from James Barker by Ralph T. Coe (1929-2010), July 2006-2010;

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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