Court of Benin, taken from the Royal Palace in 1897 during the British military occupation of Benin; Augustus Lane-Fox Pitt-Rivers, Farnham, Dorset, UK, acquired by 1900; Mr. and Mrs. Klaus G. Perls, New York, until 1991Court of Benin Objects in the Michael C. Rockefeller Wing, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Ezra, Kate. Royal Art of Benin: The Perls Collection in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1992, p. 186, no. 78.
"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, no. 78