Digital Benin

Webster Plass, London; [Julius Carlebach Gallery, New York, until 1955]; Nelson A. Rockefeller, New York, 1955, on loan to The Museum of Primitive Art, New York, 1956–1978Court of Benin Objects in the Michael C. Rockefeller Wing, Metropolitan Museum of Art

DynastyReign Associated Name

Oranmiyan

CultureEthnic Attribution

Edo peoples

ExhibitionHistoryExhibition History

Primitive Sculpture in Metal: Bronzes from Benin/Gold from theAmericas Museum of Primitive Art, October 29, 1958–February 8,1959 African Sculpture Indiana University, September 28, 1961–October 19,1961 Masterpieces of African and Oceanic Art Des Moines Art Center, February 16, 1962–April 1,1962 McCormack Place Gallery, April 29, 1962–June 1,1962 Techniques and Materials of Primitive Art Museum of Primitive Art, July 22, 1966–October 23,1966 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 ofPrimitive Art 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 The Art of Nigeria and Cameroon South Huntington Public Library, New York, February 5, 1973–March30, 1973

BibliographyBibliography

Girshick Ben‑Amos, Paula. The Art of Benin. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1995. LaGamma, Alisa. Art and Oracle: African Art and Rituals of Divination. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Art of Oceania, Africa, and the Americas from the Museum of Primitive Art. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1969, no. 372.

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