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Pair of earrings

CultureKiowa, Oklahoma
Datelate 19th century
MediumNickel (German) silver
DimensionsOverall (Each): 2 3/4 × 1/2 × 3/8 inches (6.99 × 1.27 × 0.95 cm)
Credit LineGift of Ralph T. Coe Center for the Arts, 2025
Object number2025.56.45.1,2
On View
Not on view
DescriptionPair of silver earrings with a design that centers on small, metal, round plates.Exhibition History

Sacred Circles: Two Thousand Years of North American Indian Art. Hayward Gallery , London, October 7, 1976-January 16, 1977. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, April 16-June 19, 1977.

Provenance

Purchased from James Economos, Santa Fe, NM by Ralph T. Coe (1929-2010), 1970-1972;

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.




Published References

Coe, Ralph T., Sacred Circles: Two Thousand Years of North American Indian Art, (Arts Council of Great Britian, 1976), 183, no. 480.

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