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[[caption]] THE WILLIAM ROCKHILL NELSON GALLERY OF ART [[/caption]]

Since its completion in 1933 the Nelson Gallery in Kansas City, Mo. has bought more than 9,000 works of art at a cost of some $8 million. Last year $250,000 was spent on 61 new items. The 22 shown here are worth $210,000. The museum's director, Paul Gardner, holds an ivory casket from 11th Century Byzantium. At far left, the two slabs, from 10th or 11th Century Cambodia, portray Indian deity (above), the god Indra (below) on a three-headed elephant. Full-length statue of St. Barbara was done by a 16th century Frenchman, Germain Pilon. Below it are (left to right) an ancient Mexican relic, a 17th Century English cup, a Babylonian emperor's head (c. 2040 B.C.), an Egyptian noble (c. 3000 B.C.). At right are two Chinese horsemen of the T'ang Dynasty (618-907 A.D.), a First Century bust of a Roman lady, a Greek caryatid and, next to Gardner, a Roman statesman. Two pictures on wall were done by living Americans: Raphael Soyer's Blue Shawl (bottom), Kuniyoshi's half nude, Alone (middle, right). At far left hangs a 14th Century Chinese painting of a Buddhist god. Next right is St. John on Patmos by the 16th Century German, Hans Baldung; a landscape (top) by Thomas Otter, 19th Century American; and a drawing of St. Catherine by the 18th Century Italian, Magnasco. The small picture left of center is a 15th Century Greek painting of St. Tarasceve. Next to it is a portrait of a young man by the 16th Century Italian, Bronzino. Across top of wall stretches a 15th Century Chinese scroll.