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Baby Carrier (Hawat or Ba’)

CultureDayak
Date20th century
MediumWood, shell, teeth, beads, ceramic, buttons, fur, metal, and rattan
DimensionsOverall: 15 5/8 × 19 3/4 × 7 1/2 inches (39.69 × 50.17 × 19.05 cm)
Credit LineGift of Ralph T. Coe Center for the Arts, 2025
Object number2025.56.154
On View
Not on view
DescriptionA curved wooden board with straps secured to the back. The front of the board is highly ornamented with carvings, intricate beadwork, and other embellishments.Exhibition History
Hands on..Culture Shock! The Ralph T. Coe Foundation for the Arts. Santa Fe NM, April 25 - December 31, 2015.
Provenance

With L'Asie Exotique, La Jolla, CA, by May 1996;

Purchased from L'Asie Exotique by Ralph T. Coe (1929-2010), May 1996-2010;

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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