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Paddle

CultureMentawi
Dateearly 20th century
MediumWood
DimensionsOverall: 52 × 6 3/4 × 1 1/2 inches (132.08 × 17.15 × 3.81 cm)
Credit LineGift of Ralph T. Coe Center for the Arts, 2025
Object number2025.56.150
On View
Not on view
DescriptionMentawi paddle with low relief carved handExhibition History
Culture Exchange: The Unspoken Truth. The Ralph T. Coe Foundation for the Arts. Santa Fe NM, May-July, 2016.
Provenance

With Steven Alpert, by August 23, 1997;

Purchased from Steven Alpert by Ralph T. Coe (1929-2010), August 23, 1997-2010;

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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