Special Exhibitions in AAOA

THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART

DEPEARTMENT OF ARTS OF AFRICA, OCEANIA, AND THE AMERICAS

Michael C. Rockefeller Wing

Special Exhibition Gallery

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Color and Shape in American Indian Art (March 25 – September 4, 1983)

Desert Valley: Early Work from Ica, Peru (September 27, 1983 – February 5, 1984)

Symbol and Substance in American Indian Art (February 28 – May 27, 1984)

African Ivories (June 26 – December 30, 1984)

Micronesia (January 21 – May 5, 1985)

Taino: The Art of the Dominican Republic (June 3 – October 15, 1985)

Mimbres Painted Pottery: Ancient Art of the American Southwest (November 19, 1985 – February 2, 1986)

Recent Acquisitions (April 2 – July 17, 1986)

Bamana: Sculpture from West Africa (August 19, 1986 – March 1, 1987)

Houses for the Hereafter: Funerary Temples from Guerrero, Mexico (April 28, 1987 – September 4, 1988)

Forest and Village: Art from Liberia and Ivory Coast (October 18, 1988 – January 1, 1989)

Early Indonesian Textiles from Three Island Culture (February 14 – May 14, 1989)

Southeast Asian Tribal Art: The Fred and Rita Richman Collection (June 13 – September 10, 1989)

Gold of Africa: The Barbier-Mueller Collection (October 20, 1989 – March 11, 1990)

Art of Central Africa: Masterpieces from the Berlin Museum fur Völkerkunde (June 6 – November 4, 1990)

New Guinea Bone Carvings (November 30, 1990 – March 20, 1991)

Royal Art of Benin from the Perls Collection: Treasures from the African Kingdom (January 16 – September 13, 1992)

Loma Negra, A Peruvian Lord’s Tomb (October 12, 1992 – July 4, 1993)

Elephant: The Animal and Its Ivory in African Art (October 13, 1993 – March 27, 1994)

Divine Protection: Batak Art of North Sumatra (April 19 – December 31, 1994)

Ancient Peruvian Mantles, 300 B.C. – A.D. 200 (February 23 – August 13, 1995)

River of Gold: Precolumbian Treasure from Sitio Conte (September 19, 1995 – February 4, 1996)

Picturing Paradise: Colonial Photography of Samoa, 1875-1925 (March 1 – August 4, 1996)

Enduring Rhythms: African Musical Instruments and the Americas (October 3, 1996 – August 3, 1997)

Master Hand: Individuality and Creativity Among Yoruba Sculptures (September 11, 1997 – July 12, 1998)

Jade in Ancient Costa Rica (September 16, 1998 – March 9, 1999)

Guardians of the Long House: Art in Borneo (April 13, 1999 – January 16, 2000)

Perfect Document: Walker Evans and African Art (February 1 – September 3, 2000)

Rain of the Moon: Silver in Ancient Peru (November 3, 2000 – April 22, 2001)

Recent Acquisitions (May 22 – October 28, 2001)

Splendid Isolation: Art of Easter Island (December 11, 2001 – September 8, 2002)

Genesis: Ideas of Origin in African Sculpture (November 19, 2002 – July 6, 2003)

Echoing Images: Couples in African Sculpture (February 10 – September 5, 2004)

Heritage of Power: Ancient Sculpture from West Mexico: The Andrall E. Pearson Family Collection (October 19, 2004 – April 3, 2005)

Adorning the World: Art of the Marquesas Islands (May 9, 2005 – January 15, 2006)

The Fabric of Life: Ikat Textiles of Indonesia (February 28 – September 24, 2006)

Coaxing the Spirits to Dance: Art of the Papuan Gulf (October 25, 2006 – December 2, 2007)

Radiance from the Rain Forest: Featherwork in Ancient Peru (February 26 – September 1, 2008)

The Essential Art of African Textile: Design Without End (September 30, 2008 – March 22, 2009)

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