Maskette
CultureMelanesian
Dateca. 1920
MediumBone and cassowary feathers
DimensionsOverall (not including feathers and hanging cordage): 11 × 4 1/4 × 3 inches (27.94 × 10.8 × 7.62 cm)
Credit LineGift of Ralph T. Coe Center for the Arts, 2025
Object number2025.56.115
On View
Not on viewTerms
Collected by George Craig (1930-2024), Green Island Torres Straights, ca. 1955;
With Pennsylvania collector;
Purchased from a Pennsylvania collection by Taylor Dale Gallery;
Purchased from Taylor Dale Gallery by Ralph T. Coe (1929-2010), Santa Fe, NM, June 17, 1999-2010;
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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