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Nwantantay (Plank Mask)
Nwantantay (Plank Mask)

Nwantantay (Plank Mask)

Datemid 20th century
MediumWood and pigment
Dimensionsheight, width, and depth: 85 x 10 x 9 1/2 in. (215.9 x 25.4 x 24.1 cm)
ClassificationsWood
Credit LineGift of Rhonda Morgan Wilkerson, PhD
Object number2024.22.21
On View
On view
ProvenanceCreated in Burkina Faso, mid-20th century. French Connections, Pittsboro, NC, Rhonda Morgan Wilkerson, Morrisville, NC, 2000; given to NCMA, 2024.Exhibition HistoryRaleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "The People's Collection, Reimagined," October 7, 2022–present. Object Rights Statement

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