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A black and white magazine ad for the Museum of Primitive Art exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. On the left, an image of an ivory mask from Benin. On the right, the copy states: "Now at the Metropolitan Museum, 1000 objects from 3,000 years. Art of Oceania, Africa, and the Americas from the Museum of Primitive Art."

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Creator
Museum of Primitive Art
Date
1967-1969
Repository
Rockefeller Archive Center

The Museum of Primitive Art’s prized ivory pendant mask from Benin is only one of five of its kind, representing the Queen Mother Ìyobà Idià.

Museums – Museum of Primitive Art, 15 West 54th Street – Exhibitions – Exhibition and Gift to Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1967-1969. Nelson A. Rockefeller personal papers; Projects – Series L; Rockefeller Archive Center.

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