The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Venue Partner)
1000 Fifth Ave at 82nd St
212.535.7710
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“Queen mother pendant mask,” 16th century. Edo peoples; Court of Benin, Nigeria. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Gift of Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1972
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Sep 21, 2011 – Jan 29
Daily
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Directions: Main Building: Take the 4, 5, or 6 train to 86th Street and walk to Fifth Avenue; OR take the M1, M2, M3, or M4 bus along Fifth Avenue. The Cloisters: Take the A train to 190th Street and walk, or transfer to the M4 bus and ride north one stop.
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Free with museum admission
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This major international loan exhibition challenges conventional perceptions of African art. Bringing together more than 100 masterpieces drawn from collections in Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, the United Kingdom, Portugal, France, and the United States, it considers eight landmark sculptural traditions from West and Central Africa created between the 12th and the early 20th century in terms of the individual subjects who lie at the origins of the representations.
