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Metropolitan Museum of Art

Object Number: 1979.206.97

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Digital Benin linked field	Institution field	Value
object id	Object Number	1979.206.97
object id	Object Sort Number	1979 206 97
object id	Primary Rendition No	1979.206.97
designation, object type	Title	Plaque: Warrior and Fish
material	Medium	Brass
dimensions	Dimensions	H. 18 x W. 12 x D. 2 1/4 in. (45.8 x 30.5 x 5.7 cm)
object type	Classification	Metal-Sculpture
date made	Date	16th–17th century
production place	Geo: City	Court of Benin
production place	Geo: Country	Nigeria
prior source	Credit Line	The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Bequest of Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1979
provenance	Provenance	Joseph von Sternberg (1894–1969), Vienna, New York, Hollywood, until 1949; [Julius Carlebach Gallery, New York, until 1949]; Nelson A. Rockefeller, New York, 1949, on permanent loan to The Museum of PrimitiveArt, New York, August 1958–1978Court of Benin Objects in the Michael C. Rockefeller Wing, Metropolitan Museum of Art
reign associated name	Dynasty	Oranmiyan
ethnic attribution	Culture	Edo peoples
exhibition history	ExhibitionHistory	Benin Bronzes Museum of PrimitiveArt, May 20, 1959–September 6,1959 Africa: Images and Realities St. Paul Gallery, MN, June 12, 1962–September 2,1962 PrimitiveArt from Africa, Oceania, and the Americas Lent by theMPA The Society of the Four Arts, March 7, 1964–March 29,1964 Humble Treasures University of St. Thomas, Houston, October 14, 1965–December 5,1965 The World of PrimitiveArt Museum of PrimitiveArt, July 12, 1966–September 11,1966 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 Sculpture of Black Africa Nigeria &Cameroon The Metropolitan Museum of Art, June 23, 1971–March 19,1972 African Art from the Museum of PrimitiveArt 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
bibliography	Bibliography	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. 366.
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