[Charles Ratton, Paris, acquired by 1930]; Louis Carré, Paris, acquired by 1932; [Michael Knoedler & Co., New York, Paris, London, acquired by ca. 1936]; Edward S. and Mary Stillman Harkness, New York, 1936–1940; Mary Stillman Harkness, New York and Connecticut, 1940–(d.) 1950
Exhibition Pigalle
Galerie Pigalle, January 1, 1930–December 31,1930
Bronzes et Ivories du Royaume de Benin
Musée d'Ethnographie du Trocadéro, Paris, January 1, 1932–December31, 1932
M. Knoedler & Co., January 1, 1935–December 31,1935
The Evolution of Afro American Artists: 18001950
City College of New York, January 1, 1967–December 31,1967
Masterpieces of Fifty Centuries
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, November 14, 1970–June 1,1971
Sculpture of Black Africa Nigeria & Cameroon
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, June 23, 1971–March 19,1972
Charles Ratton
Musée du Quai Branly, June 24, 2013–September 22,2013
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Duchartre, Pierre Louis. "Poids et figurines s." Art et Décoration vol. 57 (May 1930), p. 147.
M. Knoedler & Co. Bronzes and Ivories from the Old Kingdom of Benin. Paris: Dehon & Cie., 1935, no. 18.
Lewis, Perry J. "Edward and Mary Harkness." The Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art vol. 10 (October 1951), p. 80.
Millot, Jacques. Arts Connus et Méconnus de l'Afrique Noire Collection Paul Tishman. Paris: Musée de l'Homme, 1966.
Segy, Ladislas. African Sculpture Speaks. New York: L. Hill, 1955, fig. 94.
Metall: Gewinnung und Verarbeitung in aussereuropäischen Kulturen. Basel: Museum für Völkerkunde und Schweizerisches Museum für Volkskunde Basel, 1966.
von Luschan, Felix. Die Altertümer von Benin. Berlin, Leipiz: Vereinigung wissenschaftlicher Verleger, 1919.