"Art Bénin Catalogues d'exposition." . . "Art, Bini Exhibitions." . . "Art Private collections New York (N.Y.) Exhibitions." . . "Benin (land)" . . "Royal art of Benin (1992 ; New York, NY)" . . . "Exhibition Royal Art of Benin from the Perls Collection. <1992, New York, NY>." . . "Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)" . . "Kunst Benin (Königreich) Metropolitan Museum of Art New York Ausstellung." . . "Plastische kunst." . . "Metropolitan Museum of Art. <New York, NY>." . . . . "Königreich Benin." . . "Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, NY)" . . "Perls, klaus g. Art collections Exhibitions." . . "Sammlung." . . "Escultura primitiva Benin (Africa) Exposiciones." . . "Arte primitivo Benin (Africa) Exposiciones." . . "art béninois collection Perls, Klaus G. [catalogue d'exposition]" . . "Geschichte." . . "Benin (Königreich)" . . "Ausstellung New York (NY) 1992." . . . . . . . "Royal art of Benin : the Perls collection" . "Royal art of Benin : the Perls collection"@en . . . . "New York (NY, 1992)" . . "Royal art of Benin : the Perls collection in the Metropolitan museum of art : [an exhibition held at the Metropolitan museum of art, from January 16 to Septempber 13, 1992]" . . . . . . . "Royal art of Benin : the perls collection in the Metropolitan museum of art"@en . . . . "Royal Art of Benin : The Perls Collection in the Metropolitan Museum of Art" . . "Context. An introduction provides background on the history, art, and culture of Benin, and the illustrations are accompanied by expert commentary that summarizes the latest research on Benin art. A special section is devoted to the brass and ivory arts of the nearby Yoruba kingdoms of Owo and Ijebu, which were heavily influenced by Benin." . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Exhibition catalogs" . . . "Exhibition catalogs"@en . . . . . . . "Ausstellung" . . . . . . . . . . . . "Royal art of Benin : the Perls Collection in the Metropolitan Museum of Art" . "Royal art of Benin : the Perls collection in the Metropolitan Museum of Art; [Exhibition Royal Art of Benin from the Perls Collection held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art from January 16 through September 13, 1992]" . "Royal art of Benin : the Perls collection in the Metropolitan Museum of Art" . . . . . . . "\"For more than 500 years, the artists of the West African kingdom of Benin created objects in brass, ivory, terracotta, and wood for use in divine kingship rituals, to adorn the royal palaces, and to identify the king, chiefs, warriors, and other officials at court. This volume presents a recent gift to The Metropolitan Museum of Art of over 150 works of Benin sculpture, making the Museum's collection of sixteenth- to nineteenth-century Benin art one of the most comprehensive in the world.\" \"Among the objects--many reproduced in full color--are brass heads depicting past kings and queen mothers, free-standing brass figures, exquisite plaques, insignia of office, cast brass and carved ivory bracelets, carved elephant tusks, personal ornaments, musical instruments, court furnishings, and more. Black-and-white and color photographs of related objects and actual ceremonies help place the collection within its cultural and historical context.\" \"An introduction provides background on the history, art, and culture of Benin, and the illustrations are accompanied by expert commentary that summarizes the latest research on Benin art. A special section is devoted to the brass and ivory arts of the nearby Yoruba kingdoms of Owo and Ijebu, which were heavily influenced by Benin.\"--BOOK JACKET." . . "Exposition" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Royal art of Benin the Perls collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art ; [this publication was issued in connection with the Exhibition Royal Art of Benin from the Perls Collection held at The Metropolitan Museum of Art from January 16 through September 13, 1992]" . "Tentoonstellingscatalogus" . . . . "Royal art of Benin the Perls collection in the Metropolitan Museum of Art" . "Royal art of Benin the Perls collection in the Metropolitan Museum of Art"@en . . "For more than 500 years, the artists of the West African kingdom of Benin created objects in brass, ivory, terracotta, and wood for use in divine kingship rituals, to adorn the royal palaces, and to identify the king, chiefs, warriors, and other officials at court. This volume presents a recent gift to The Metropolitan Museum of Art of over 150 works of Benin sculpture, making the Museum's collection of sixteenth- to nineteenth-century Benin art one of the most." . . . "Tentoonstellingen (vorm)" . "Comprehensive in the world. Among the objects--many reproduced in full color--are brass heads depicting past kings and queen mothers, free-standing brass figures, exquisite plaques, insignia of office, cast brass and carved ivory bracelets, carved elephant tusks, personal ornaments, musical instruments, court furnishings, and more. Black-and-white and color photographs of related objects and actual ceremonies help place the collection within its cultural and historical." . . . "Benin." . . "Art, Beninese Exhibitions." . . "art béninois Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York) [catalogue d'exposition]" . . "Art, Primitive Exhibitions." . . "Ausstellung." . . "Geschichte" . . "Art, Primitive Benin Exhibitions." . . "afrikansk kunst." . . "Kunst." . . "Art Private collections New York (State) New York Exhibitions." . . "Metropolitan Museum of Art :" . . "Arte Colecciones privadas Exposiciones." . . "New York (NY, 1992)" . .