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Sago Paddle

CultureSentani
Dateearly 20th century
MediumWood and pigment
DimensionsOverall: 32 1/4 × 3 7/8 × 1 inches (81.92 × 9.84 × 2.54 cm)
Credit LineGift of Ralph T. Coe Center for the Arts, 2025
Object number2025.56.108
On View
Not on view
DescriptionWooden paddle with an open-work, carved figure on handle.Provenance

With Galerie Lemaire, Amsterdam, Netherlands;

With Taylor Dale Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, by 2002;

Purchase from Taylor Dale Gallery by Ralph T. Coe (1929-2010), September 7, 2002-2010;

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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