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Hair Pin Ornament

Artist Thomas Tointigh (Kiowa, 1929 - 1986)
CultureKiowa, Oklahoma
Dateearly 1980s
MediumGerman silver
Dimensions.1 (clasp): 3 1/4 × 2 3/8 × 3/4 inches (8.26 × 6.03 × 1.91 cm)
.2 (pin): 4 1/16 × 1/2 inches (10.32 × 1.27 cm)
Credit LineGift of Ralph T. Coe Center for the Arts, 2025
Object number2025.56.60.1,2
On View
Not on view
DescriptionSilver oval-shaped hair pin with incised designs.Provenance

Purchased from White Hair Trading Post, Pawhuska, OK by Ralph T. Coe (1929-2010), 1981;

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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