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Royal Art of Benin from the Perls Collection
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, January 16, 1992–September 13,1992
Art and Oracle: African Art and Rituals ofDivination
Museum Rietberg, November 14, 1999–February 27,2000
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, April 24, 2000–July 30,2000
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