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Neckrest (barkin)
Neckrest (barkin)

Neckrest (barkin)

Dateearly-mid 20th century
Associated withAfrica
MediumWood
Dimensions7 × 6 × 3 1/8 in. (17.8 × 15.2 × 7.9 cm)
ClassificationsWood
Credit LineGift of Ernie Wolfe III and Diane Steinmetz Wolfe
Object number2019.23.2
On View
On view
ProvenanceCreated in Somalia or Kenya, before 1976; purchased in the field by Ernest Ervin Wolfe III, Los Angeles, 1976; given to NCMA, 2019.
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