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Reliquary Figure

Kota, Mid-20th century

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Kota

Reliquary Figure

Kota, Mid-20th century

Physical Qualities Brass, wood, metal, 21 7/8 x 10 7/16 in. (55.5 x 26.5 cm.)
Credit Line The Cone Collection, formed by Dr. Claribel Cone and Miss Etta Cone of Baltimore, Maryland
Object Number 1950.385
The Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest, 1949; Etta Cone, Baltimore; Claribel Cone, by purchase, 1925; from Gertrude Stein, Paris
"Rhythms in Form & Music," Gres Gallery, Washington, D.C., March 12-24, 1959.
Not on View

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