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; [Alan Brandt, New York, acquired by 1982]; Mr. and Mrs. Klaus G. Perls, New York, acquired by 1988, until 1991
Royal Art of Benin from the Perls Collection
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, January 16, 1992–September 13,1992
Body Art: Marks of Identity
American Museum of Natural History, November 20, 1999–May 29,2000
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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"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. 18