Currently on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, The Coe Collection of American Indian Art features works given and bequeathed to the Museum during the past decade by Ralph T. Coe of Santa Fe, New Mexico. Comprised of some forty objects made in natural materials from stone to animal hide, the installation presents a wide range of Native American objects that come from different times and places, and from numerous distinct peoples.
For more information, visit the exhibition's official website.
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| Leadership shirt - Plains Indian - 19th century |
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| Basket with feathers - Pomo, California - Early 20th century |
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| Mosquito mask - Tlingit, Alaska - 19th century |
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| Mask depicting a noblewoman - Richard Davidson (Haida, b. 1946), British Columbia |
Information and images courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
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