Ancestral Figure
CultureToba Batak
Dateearly 20th century
MediumWood
DimensionsOverall (with base): 14 1/2 × 3 1/2 × 3 1/2 inches (36.83 × 8.89 × 8.89 cm)
Credit LineGift of Ralph T. Coe Center for the Arts, 2025
Object number2025.56.171
On View
Not on viewTerms
Collected in Balige area of Tobaland, North Sumatra;
With James Barker, Sante Fe, NM, by May 2007;
Purchased from James Barker by Ralph T. Coe (1929-2010), May 16, 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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2025.56.153
2025.56.136.1,2
