Neckrest (barkin)
Artist
Somali or Kenyan artist
Dateearly-mid 20th century
MediumWood
Dimensionsheight, width, and depth: 6 3/4 × 6 1/8 × 2 1/4 in. (17.1 × 15.6 × 5.7 cm)
ClassificationsWood
Credit LineGift of Ernie Wolfe III and Diane Steinmetz Wolfe
Object number2019.23.3
On View
On viewThis label—and many others in the African galleries—lists two possible countries as places of origin. Many African cultural or language groups are not located within a single contemporary country. Nomadic and seminomadic groups—like cultures and ideas—cross borders regularly. Colonial boundaries that later became national divided cultural groups to decrease the power of local leaders.
[A. Maples, "The People's Collection, Reimagined," 2022]ProvenanceCreated in Somalia or Kenya, before 1976; purchased in the field by Ernest Ervin Wolfe III, Los Angeles, 1976; given to NCMA, 2019.Exhibition HistoryRaleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "The People's Collection, Reimagined," October 7, 2022–present. Object Rights Statement
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