Register 1949: Bronze cast figure of a leopard with small hinged lid in its head, & spots shown as plain circles on clotted background. Collected by Capt. (Later Adml Sir) Walter Cowan, of HMS Forte on the BENIN Expedition 1897 & given by him to Mr Goolden, then a midshipman on the Forte. Register 1949 later addition [inserted between "1897 and given by him" and "to Mr Goolden, then a..."]: at Sapela.
Exhibitions Loans and Displays - Current and Pastexhibition history Exhibited: 1970-1973, London, Museum of Mankind, Divine Kingship in Africa 1977 London, BM, Animals in Art 1991 Feb-Apr, Norwich, Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, Man and Metal in Ancient Nigeria 2004 Jun-Aug, Palma de Mallorca, Spain, Centro Cultural de la Fundacio 'la Caixa', Africa: The Invention of the Human Body 2004 Sep-Oct, Tarragona, Spain, Centro Social y Cultural de la Fundacio 'la Caixa', Africa: The Invention of the Human Body 2004-2005 Nov-Jan, Valencia, Spain, Sala de exposiciones l'Almondi, Africa: The Invention of the Human Body 2005 Feb-Apr, Zaragoza, Spain, La Lonja, Africa: The Invention of the Human Body