Court of Benin, taken from the Royal Palace in 1897 during the British military occupation of Benin; Norman Burrows, Mellon Hall, Maple Bridge, Derbyshire, UK, until 1898; Augustus Pitt-Rivers, Farnham, Dorset, UK, 1898–1957; [K. John Hewett, London, 1957]; [Charles Ratton, Paris, 1957]; [John J. Klejman, New York, 1957]; Nelson A. Rockefeller, New York, on loan to The Museum of PrimitiveArt, New York, 1957–1965; Museum of PrimitiveArt, New York, 1965–1978Court of Benin Objects in the Michael C. Rockefeller Wing, Metropolitan Museum of Art
PrimitiveSculpture in Metal: Bronzes from Benin/Gold from theAmericas
Museum of PrimitiveArt, October 29, 1958–February 8,1959
Benin Bronzes
Museum of PrimitiveArt, May 20, 1959–September 6,1959
The Traditional Arts of Africa's New Nations
Museum of PrimitiveArt, May 17, 1961–September 10,1961
Traditional Sculpture of Africa
Art Institute of Chicago, October 12, 1961–November 12,1961
World Art
Dallas Museum of Art, –
PrimitiveArt from Africa, Oceania, and the Americas Lent by theMPA
The Society of the Four Arts, March 7, 1964–March 29,1964
The in America: The End of a Myth, televisionprogram
Public Broadcasting System, September 24, 1964–September 24,1964
West African Art
Rockefeller University, –
Sixth Annual Art Exhibition
Temple B'nai Shalom, Rockville Centre, NY, April 4, 1965–April 7,1965
Our Patrons of Art Collect
Albany Institute of History & Art, January 28, 1966–February28, 1966
The World of PrimitiveArt
Museum of PrimitiveArt, July 12, 1966–September 11,1966
African Art
Indiana University Art Museum, October 16, 1966–November 23,1966
African Sculpture
Hite Art Institute, KY, December 1, 1966–December 31,1966
Benin
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, September 21, 1968–November 24,1968
New Orleans Museum of Art, December 15, 1968–January 15,1969
Art of Oceania, Africa and the Americas from The Museum ofPrimitiveArt
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, May 10, 1969–August 17,1969
Dimensions of Black
Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, February 14, 1970–March 29,1970
Sculpture of Black Africa Nigeria &Cameroon
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, June 23, 1971–March 19,1972
PrimitiveArt/Masterworks
Seattle Art Museum, January 5, 1975–February 16,1975
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, March 23, 1975–May 4,1975
Dallas Museum of Art, June 8, 1975–July 20,1975
Art Institute of Chicago, August 25, 1975–October 10,1975
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, November 9, 1975–December 21,1975
Toledo Museum of Art, April 11, 1976–May 25,1976
Walker Art Center, June 27, 1976–August 8, 1976
Denver Art Museum, September 10, 1976–November 7,1976
de Young Museum, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, March 12,1977–May 15, 1977
Royal Art of Benin from the Perls Collection
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, January 16, 1992–September 13,1992
American Federation of Arts. PrimitiveArt Masterworks: an exhibition jointly organized by the Museum of PrimitiveArt and the American Federation of Arts, New York. New York: American Federation of Arts, 1974, Front, no. 75.
Girshick Ben‑Amos, Paula. The Art of Benin. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1995.
Girshick Ben‑Amos, Paula and Arnold G. Rubin. The Art of Power, the Power of Art: Studies in Benin Iconography.
Monograph series (University of California, Los Angeles. Museum of Cultural History), no. 19. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1983.
Blier, Suzanne Preston. Royal Arts of Africa: The Majesty of Form. New York: Abrams Books, 1998.
Eyo, Ekpo and Frank Willett. Treasures of Ancient Nigeria. New York: Knopf, 1980.
Ezra, Kate. Royal Art of Benin: The Perls Collection in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1992, fig. 40.
Holcomb, Melanie, eds. Jewelry: The Body Transformed. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2018, pp. 97–103, fig. 22.
Kerchache, Jacques, eds. Sculptures Afrique Asie Océanie Amériques. Paris: Musée du Quai Branly, 2000.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Art of Oceania, Africa, and the Americas from the Museum of PrimitiveArt. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1969, no. 365.
Museum of PrimitiveArt. Traditional Art of the African Nations in the Museum of PrimitiveArt. New York: University Publishers, Inc., 1961, no. 55.
Museum of PrimitiveArt. Masterpieces in the Museum of PrimitiveArt: Africa, Oceania, North America, Mexico, Central to South America, Peru. Handbook series. New York, NY: Museum of PrimitiveArt, 1965.
Newton, Douglas. Masterpieces of PrimitiveArt: The Nelson A. Rockefeller Collection. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1978, p. 183.
Pitt‑Rivers, Augustus Lane‑Fox. Antique Works of Art from Benin: by Augustus Pitt‑Rivers, with a new introduction by Bernard Fagg. New York: Dover Publications, 1976, no. 20, pl. 2, fig. 7–8.
Tunis, Irwin. "A Note on Benin Plaque Termination Dates." Tribus vol. 32 (December 1983).
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La Jolla Museum of Art. Dimensions of Black. San Diego: La Jolla Museum of Art, 1970. ill. fig. 108.
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