Digital Benin

Court of Benin, taken from the Royal Palace in 1897 during the British military occupation of Benin; Admiral Sir George le Clerc Egerton, London, until 1958, through William B. Fagg, London; Nelson A. Rockefeller, New York, 1958, on loan to The Museum of Primitive Art, New York, 1958–1978Court of Benin Objects in the Michael C. Rockefeller Wing, Metropolitan Museum of Art

DynastyReign Associated Name

Oranmiyan

CultureEthnic Attribution

Edo peoples

ExhibitionHistoryExhibition History

Primitive Art from Africa, Oceania, and the Americas Lent by theMPA The Society of the Four Arts, March 7, 1964–March 29,1964 The Art of Personal Adornment Museum of Contemporary Crafts, September 23, 1965–November 7,1965 Selections from the Museum Collection Museum of Primitive Art, September 13, 1967–February 4,1968 Benin Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, September 21, 1968–November 24,1968 New Orleans Museum of Art, December 15, 1968–January 15,1969 African Art Berkshire Museum, August 1, 1969–October 7,1969 Williams College Museum of Art, October 30, 1969–November 20,1969 The Role of the Afro American Writer in the Development ofAmerican Literature Nassau Community College, April 9, 1970–April 10,1970 Sculpture of Black Africa: Nigeria &Cameroon The Metropolitan Museum of Art, June 23, 1971–March 19,1972 African Art from the Museum of Primitive Art Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, October 12,1972–November 19, 1972 The Art of Nigeria and Cameroon South Huntington Public Library, New York, February 5, 1973–March30, 1973

BibliographyBibliography

Ezra, Kate. Royal Art of Benin: The Perls Collection in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1992.

Published ReferencesBibliography

Susan Mullin Vogel, "Rapacious Birds and Severed Heads: Early Bronze Rings from Nigeria" The Art Institute of Chicago Centennial Lectures / Museum Studies 10, 1983, p331-357.