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Mask

CultureMelanesian
Date19th- early 20th century
MediumWood, pigment, and figure
DimensionsOverall (with hair): 10 3/4 × 6 × 4 inches (27.31 × 15.24 × 10.16 cm)
Credit LineGift of Ralph T. Coe Center for the Arts, 2025
Object number2025.56.111
InscribedOld collection number written on back
On View
Not on view
DescriptionDuke of York Islands mask with fibers for hair.Provenance

With Taylor Dale Gallery, Santa Fe, NM;

Purchase from Taylor Dale Gallery by Ralph T. Coe (1929-2010), April 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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