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Pomo-Style Feather Basket

Artist Tu Moonwalker (White Mountain Apache, 1948 - 2011)
CultureWhite Mountain Apache
Date1983
MediumWillow, domestic feathers, clam and abalone shell, and cotton thread
DimensionsOverall: 5 × 3 1/2 × 1 inches (12.7 × 8.89 × 2.54 cm)
Credit LineGift of Ralph T. Coe Center for the Arts, 2025
Object number2025.56.105
On View
Not on view
DescriptionMiniature feathered gift trayExhibition History

The Mirror Effect: Reflections upon our Realities, Ralph T. Coe Foundation for the Arts, Inc., May–July 2017.


The Ralph T. Coe Legacy: Instruments of Passion, Santa Fe Show, El Museo Cultural de Santa Fe, August 14–30, 2013.



Provenance

Purchased from the artist by Ralph T. Coe (1929-2010), 1983;

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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