Baby Carrier (Hawat or Ba’)
CultureKayan
Dateearly to mid 20th century
MediumWood, rattan, beads, shell meal bells, and teeth
DimensionsOverall: 11 3/4 × 14 × 7 1/2 inches (29.85 × 35.56 × 19.05 cm)
Credit LineGift of Ralph T. Coe Center for the Arts, 2025
Object number2025.56.143
On View
Not on viewTerms
Hands on...Culture Shock!, Ralph T. Coe Foundation for the Arts, Santa Fe, NM. April 25-December 31, 2015.
Collected by Mark Johnson, between 1974-1975;
Purchased from Mark Johnson by Ralph T. Coe (1929-2010), August 21, 1998-2010;
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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