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Pair of Earrings

Artist Thomas Tointigh (Kiowa, 1929 - 1986)
CultureKiowa, Oklahoma
Dateearly 1980s
MediumGerman silver
DimensionsEach: 2 1/4 × 5/8 × 3/8 inches (5.72 × 1.59 × 0.95 cm)
Credit LineGift of Ralph T. Coe Center for the Arts, 2025
Object number2025.56.63.1,2
On View
Not on view
DescriptionA pair of silver earrings with moons with dangling crosses: symbols of the Native American Art Church.Provenance

Purchased in Anadarko or Pawhuska, OK by Ralph T. Coe (1929-2010), early 1980s;

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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