Court of Benin, taken from the Royal Palace in 1897 during the British military occupation of Benin; (Henry Stevens, Stevens Auction Rooms, London, until 1898); Pitt-Rivers Museum, Farnham, Dorset, UK, 1898–1972; [K. John Hewett, London, until 1972]; [Donald Morris Gallery, Detroit, Mich., until 1974].Court of Benin Objects in the Michael C. Rockefeller Wing, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Elephant: The Animal and Its Ivory in AfricanArt
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, October 13, 1993–March 27,1994
Heroic Africans: Legendary Leaders, IconicSculptures
Museum Rietberg, February 26, 2012–June 3, 2012
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LaGamma, Alisa. Heroic Africans: Legendary Leaders, Iconic Sculptures. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2011, p. 29.
"ROYAL ART OF BENIN. The Perls Collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art." Kate Ezra. The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Harry N. Abrams Inc., New York 1992 Fig. 8, pg. 15