Axe
CultureMelanesian
Dateearly 20th century
MediumWood, stone, and fiber/rattan
DimensionsOverall: 28 × 26 1/2 × 3 3/4 inches (71.12 × 67.31 × 9.53 cm)
Credit LineGift of Ralph T. Coe Center for the Arts, 2025
Object number2025.56.113
On View
Not on viewCollected in the Solomon Islands during WWII;
With Taylor Dale Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, by 2001;
Purchased from Taylor Dale Gallery by Ralph T. Coe (1929-2010), Santa Fe, NM, April 14, 2001-2010;
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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