Musical Instrument

CultureBatak

Date19th century(?)

MediumWood

DimensionsOverall: 28 × 3 1/2 × 3 1/8 inches (71.12 × 8.89 × 7.94 cm)

Credit LineGift of Ralph T. Coe Center for the Arts, 2025

Object number2025.56.147

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DescriptionThis wooden, paddle shaped instrument, has a curved wider base with a narrow handle, which depicts a carved figure. Although the strings are missing, this is most likely a two-stringed lute called a hasapi.Provenance

Provenance

With Denis Ghiglia, Paris;

Purchased from Denis Ghiglia by John Molloy;

Purchased from John Molloy by Ralph T. Coe (1929-2010), October 5, 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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