Shona Neckrest, Zimbabwe

The Robbins Center For Cross Cultural Communication, Washington, D.C.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, D.C., 1994-2001
The College of Wooster Art Museum, Wooster, Ohio, Art of Africa: Objects from the Collection of Warren Robbins, January 16 - March 5, 2007; additional venues:
William Weston Clarke Emison Museum of Art, DePauw University, Greencastle, Indiana, September 21 - December 16, 2007
Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park, Grand Rapids, Michigan, January 18 - May 18, 2008
Ruthmere Museum, Elkhart, Indiana, May 31 - September 14, 2008
Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, West Virginia, October 3 - December 29, 2008
Meredith Gallery, Virginia State University, Petersburg, Virginia, January 23 - March 22, 2009
Haggin Museum of Art, Stockton, California, April 26 - July 19, 2009
Pensacola Museum of Art, Pensacola, Florida, August 7 - October 4, 2009
Evansville Museum of Arts, History and Science, Evansville, Indiana, January 17 - March 14, 2010
Thorne-Sagendorph Art Gallery at Keene State College, Keene, New Hampshire, September 1 - October 27, 2010
Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Gallery at College of the Holy Cross, Worchester, Massachusetts, January 26 - April 1, 2011
Charles H. MacNider Art Museum, Mason City, Iowa, April 21 - June 19, 2011
Howard University Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., September 5 - November 28, 2011
Historic City Hall Arts & Cultural Center, Lake Charles, Louisiana, January 13 - March 10, 2012

Good condition for an object of this age and type. One side of top broken and glued, the break extending through both of the double diagonal supports on one side. Surface toned in around this break and in an area on top. One of the rectangular elements on the side with an old loss, patinated over. Minor marks nicks, scratches and abrasions throughout consistent with age and use. Fine medium brown patina.
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