People of the Red Earth
Artist
Bruce Caesar
(North American Indian, Pawnee; Meskwaki, born 1952)
CultureSauk and Fox/Pawnee
Date1989
MediumSilver and beads
DimensionsOverall: 12 1/2 × 4 1/2 × 3/4 inches (31.75 × 11.43 × 1.91 cm)
Credit LineGift of Ralph T. Coe Center for the Arts, 2025
Object number2025.56.84
Inscribed"People of the Red" inscribed on back by Bruce Caesar, 1989
Markings"210" price sticker on back
On View
Not on viewHow It Was Handed to Me: The Caesar Family Legacy, Ralph T. Coe Center for the Arts, Santa Fe, NM, December 12, 2019–March 31, 2020.
Purchased from the artist by Ralph T. Coe (1929-2010);
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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