Court of Benin, taken from the Royal Palace in 1897 during the British military occupation of Benin; Sir Ralph Moor, Benin City, Nigeria, and his family, ca. 1897–1909; Prof. Charles Gabriel Seligman, Oxford, U.K., 1909–(d.) 1940; his wife, Brenda Z. Seligman, London, 1940–1958; Nelson A. Rockefeller, New York, 1958, on loan to The Museum of PrimitiveArt, New York, 1958–1972; The Museum of PrimitiveArt, New York, 1972–1978Court of Benin Objects in the Michael C. Rockefeller Wing, Metropolitan Museum of Art
The African Origin of Civilization: Myth orReality
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Egyptian Art,
Carvings in Ivory
Burlington Fine Arts Club, –
African Sculpture Lent by New York Collectors
Museum of PrimitiveArt, May 28, 1958–October 19,1958
An Ivory Mask from Benin
Museum of PrimitiveArt, September 17, 1958–September 28,1958
PrimitiveSculpture in Metal: Bronzes from Benin/Gold from theAmericas
Museum of PrimitiveArt, October 29, 1958–February 8,1959
Sculpture from Three African Tribe: Senufo, Baga,Dogon
Museum of PrimitiveArt, February 18, 1959–May 10,1959
Works from the Permanent Collection
Museum of PrimitiveArt, September 21, 1960–May 5,1961
The Raymond Wielgus Collection
Museum of PrimitiveArt, November 23, 1960–February 5,1961
Art Styles of the Papuan Gulf
Museum of PrimitiveArt, February 14, 1961–May 5,1961
The Traditional Arts of Africa's New Nations
Museum of PrimitiveArt, May 17, 1961–September 10,1961
Techniques and Materials of PrimitiveArt
Museum of PrimitiveArt, July 22, 1966–October 23,1966
Art of Oceania, Africa and the Americas from The Museum ofPrimitiveArt
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, May 10, 1969–August 17,1969
Sculpture of Black Africa Nigeria &Cameroon
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, June 23, 1971–March 19,1972
Faces
Museum of PrimitiveArt, February 14, 1973–September 9,1973
Robert Goldwater: A Memorial Exhibition
Museum of PrimitiveArt, September 27, 1973–February 17,1974
Research Laboratory, Pieter Meyers
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, December 10, 1974–March 20,1975
African Ivories
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, June 26, 1984–December 30,1984
Circa 1492: Art in the Age of Exploration
National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., October 12, 1991–January12, 1992
Heroic Africans: Legendary Leaders, IconicSculptures
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, September 19, 2011–January 29,2012
Museum Rietberg, February 26, 2012–June 3, 2012
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