Court of Benin; taken from the Royal Palace in 1897 during the British military occupation of Benin by Jack Whitehead, U.K.; (Sotheby Parke-Bernet and Co., London, December 2, 1980, no. 139); Mr. and Mrs. Klaus G. Perls, New York, until 1991
Ezra, Kate. Royal Art of Benin: The Perls Collection in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1992, p. 194, no. 86.
Sotheby Parke-Bernet and Co., London. 1980. Catalogue of PrimitiveWorks of Art. Sale catalogue of December 2, 1980: lot 139.
"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. 86