Court of Benin, taken from the Royal Palace in 1897 during the British military occupation of Benin; Museum für Völkerkunde, Berlin-Dahlem, Germany, until 1923; E. Hentze, Antwerp, Belgium, from 1923; (Sotheby's, London, July 13, 1971, no. 238A); 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
Treasures From an African Kingdom: The Royal Art of Benin from thePerls Collection at the
Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Frick Art & Historical Center, June 24, 1993–August 29,1993
Kimbell Art Museum, October 30, 1993–January 2,1994
High Museum of Art, January 25, 1994–April 24,1994
Cincinnati Art Museum, May 21, 1994–August 7,1994
Denver Art Museum, September 6, 1994–November 28,1994
Ezra, Kate. Royal Art of Benin: The Perls Collection in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1992, p. 140, no. 42.
Nooter, Nancy Ingram and Warren Robbins. African Art in American Collections: Survey 1989. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1989, fig. 560.
Catalogue of PrimitiveArt and Indian Sculpture. London: Sotheby & Co., July 13, 1971, no. 238A.
von Luschan, Felix. Die Altertümer von Benin. Berlin, Leipiz: Vereinigung wissenschaftlicher Verleger, 1919, pl. 36b.
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Sotheby and Co., London. Catalogue of PrimitiveArt and Indian Sculpture. Sale catalogue of July 13, 1971: lot 238A.
Robbins, W. and N.M. Nooter. 1989. African Art in American Collections. Washington: fig. 560.
"ROYAL ART OF BENIN. The Perls Collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art." Kate Ezra. The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Harry N. Abrams Inc., New York 1992 Fig. 42