Court of Benin, taken from the Royal Palace in 1897 during the British military occupation of Benin; [W. D. Webster, London, acquired by 1901]; William O. Oldman, London, until 1912; Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, 1912–1966; Ernst Anspach, New York, from 1966; Mr. and Mrs. Klaus G. Perls, New York, until 1991Court of Benin Objects in the Michael C. Rockefeller Wing, Metropolitan Museum of Art
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