Court of Benin, taken from the Royal Palace in 1897 during the British military occupation of Benin; [J. Young, Glasgow, Scotland, until 1899]; Augustus Lane-Fox Pitt-Rivers, Farnham, Dorset, U.K.; an anonymous source, until 1957; [K. John Hewett, London, until 1957]; Nelson A. Rockefeller, New York, on loan to The Museum of PrimitiveArt, New York, 1957–1972; Museum of PrimitiveArt, New York, 1972–1978
The African Origin of Civilization: Myth orReality
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Egyptian Art,
Benin Bronzes
Museum of PrimitiveArt, May 20, 1959–September 6,1959
African Festival
Union Church, Pocantico Hills, NY, May 14, 1960–May 14,1960
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
West African Sculpture
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, September 25, 1963–November 3,1963
PrimitiveArt from Africa, Oceania, and the Americas Lent by theMPA
The Society of the Four Arts, March 7, 1964–March 29,1964
The World of PrimitiveArt
Museum of PrimitiveArt, July 12, 1966–September 11,1966
Selections from the Museum Collection
Museum of PrimitiveArt, September 13, 1967–February 4,1968
Art of Sub Sahara Africa
Bowdoin College Museum of Art, March 15, 1968–April 14,1968
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
Sounding Forms: African Musical Instruments
Musee des Arts Africains et Oceaniens, January 25, 1989–March 20,1990
American Federation of Arts, –
National Museum of African Art, April 26, 1989–June 18,1989
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, July 16, 1989–September 10,1989
Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, October 7, 1989–December 3,1989
Musée National des Arts d'Afrique et d'Oceanie, January 25,1990–March 20, 1990
Making The Met, 1870–2020
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, August 29, 2020–January 3,2021
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