Resource Spotlight | “Art of Oceania, Africa, and the Americas from The Museum of Primitive Art” by Robert Goldwater, Douglas Newton, Julie Jones, and Tamara Northern

 

Figure: Leopard
Nigeria, Court of Benin
Accession Number: 1978.412.321
© The Metropolitan Museum of Art

 
 
 

Art of Oceania, Africa, and the Americas from The Museum of Primitive Art

 
 

by Robert Goldwater, Douglas Newton, Julie Jones, and Tamara Northern

 
 

This resource is generously provided by the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

 

Headdress Ornament
Peru, North Coast
Accession Number: 1979.206.1151
© The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Female Figure | ’otua fefine
Tonga, Ha'apai Islands
Accession Number: 1979.206.1470
© The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Shield
Solomon Islands
Accession Number: 1978.412.730
© The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Mask
United States, Alaska
Accession Number: 1978.412.148
© The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Mask
United States, Alaska
Accession Number: 1979.206.440
© The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Head of an Oba
Nigeria, Court of Benin
Accession Number: 1979.206.86
© The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Pendant
United States, Hawai'ian Islands
Accession Number: 1979.206.1587
© The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Queen Mother Pendant Mask: Iyoba
Nigeria, Court of Benin
Accession Number: 1978.412.323
© The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Figure | Yipwon
Papua New Guinea, East Sepik Province
Accession Number: 1978.412.854
© The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Vessel, Mythological Scene
Guatemala, Mesoamerica
Accession Number: 1978.412.206
© The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Mirror-Bearer
Guatemala or Mexico
Accession Number: 1979.206.1063
© The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Mask | Buk, Krar, Kara
Australia, Mabuiag Island, Queensland, Torres Strait
Accession Number: 1978.412.1510
© The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Figure from a Reliquary Ensemble: Seated Female
Gabon or Equatorial Guinea
Accession Number: 1978.412.441
© The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Raven Rattle
Canada, British Columbia
Accession Number: 1979.206.444
© The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Figure: Leopard
Nigeria, Court of Benin
Accession Number: 1978.412.321
© The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Treasure Box | Papahou
New Zealand, Bay of Plenty Region
Accession Number: 1978.412.755
© The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Ancestor Figure
Papua New Guinea, East Sepik Province
Accession Number: 1979.206.1561
© The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Yoke
Mexico, Mesoamerica, Guerrero
Accession Number: 1978.412.39
© The Metropolitan Museum of Art

 

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Author | Robert Goldwater, Douglas Newton, Julie Jones, Tamara Northern
Publisher | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Date of Publication | 1969