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Dis Na Wa (This is War)
Dis Na Wa (This is War)

Dis Na Wa (This is War)

Artist (Sierra Leonean, 1927 - 1996)
Dateca. 1978
Geographic OriginSierra Leone
MediumWoodcut on rice paper
DimensionsOverall: H 23 3/4 x W 18 in. (H 60.3 x W 45.7 cm)
Credit LineThe Simon Ottenberg Collection, gift to the Newark Museum, 2012
Object number2012.38.50
On View
On view
Object NamePrint
Title Details
Primary Title Dis Na Wa (This is War)
Remarks Published title. In Ottenber, Simon, Olayinka: A Woman's View. (2014).
Artist title Dis Na Wah
Remarks Provenance records
Inscriptionsrecto: l.r. ink "Olayinka"ProvenanceDr. Simon Ottenberg, Seattle, Washington, 1979 - October 2012.Exhibition History"Adama Delphine Fawundu: In the Spirit of Àṣẹ," The Newark Museum of Art, Newark, New Jersey (April 21, 2023 ‑ March 10, 2024)

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