Ancestral Figure
CultureAtaoro
Dateearly 20th century
MediumWood
DimensionsOverall: 6 × 1 3/8 × 1 1/2 inches (15.24 × 3.49 × 3.81 cm)
Credit LineGift of Ralph T. Coe Center for the Arts, 2025
Object number2025.56.170
On View
Not on viewTerms
Likely collected on Ataoro Island, 1978 or 1979;
With James Willis, San Francisco, CA;
With Laurence Moss, Sante Fe, NM;
Purchased from Laurence Moss by Ralph T. Coe (1929-2010), May 10, 2007-2010;
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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