Court of Benin, taken from the Royal Palace in 1897 during the British military occupation of Benin; [W. D. Webster, London, until 1899]; Augustus Lane-Fox Pitt-Rivers, Farnham, Dorset, UK, from 1899; [Alexander-Suggs Gallery, St. Louis, MO]; [Merton D. Simpson, New York, until 1991]; Mr. and Mrs. Klaus G. Perls, New York, until 1991
Royal Art of Benin from the Perls Collection
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, January 16, 1992–September 13,1992
Through African Eyes: The European in African Art, 1500Present
The Detroit Institute of Arts, April 11, 2010–August 8,2010
Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, September 25, 2010–January 9,2011
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