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Borneo Bark Vest

CultureDayak
Dateca. 1940
MediumTree bark, trade cloth, and shells
DimensionsOverall (as stuffed with tissue): 24 3/4 × 20 1/2 × 1 inches (62.87 × 52.07 × 2.54 cm)
Credit LineGift of Ralph T. Coe Center for the Arts, 2025
Object number2025.56.169
On View
Not on view
DescriptionA short vest that can be closed with three sets of strings along the front. Designs on the vest are made with a variety of materials including bark cloth, shells and different colored cloth.Provenance

With Origins, Santa Fe, NM, by 1997;

Purchased from Origins by Ralph T. Coe (1929-2010), January 25, 1997-2010;

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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