Sea Bear Mask

Belle G. Simpson; [Abraham & Strauss, New York, until 1958], Nelson A. Rockefeller, New York, 1958, on loan to The Museum of Primitive Art, New York, 1958–1978

Museum of Primitive Art. "Benin Bronzes," May 20, 1959–September 6, 1959.

Public School 33, New York. "Masks Around the World," October 13, 1961–November 3, 1961.

Century 21 Exposition. "Northwest Coast Indian Art," April 21, 1962–October 21, 1962.

Art Institute of Chicago. "Yakutat South, Indian Art of the Northwest Coast," March 13, 1964–April 26, 1964.

Vancouver Art Gallery. "Arts of the Raven: Masterworks of the Northwest Coast Indians," June 15, 1967–September 24, 1967.

Minneapolis Institute of Arts. "American Indian Art: Form and Tradition," October 22, 1972–December 31, 1972.

Walker Art Center. "American Indian Art: Form and Tradition," October 22, 1972–December 31, 1972.

National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. "Native Art of the American Arctic and Northwest," March 7, 1973–May 15, 1973.

National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. "The Far North: 2000 Years of American Eskimo and Indian Art," March 20, 1974–June 1, 1974.

Seattle Art Museum. "Primitive Art/Masterworks," January 5, 1975–February 16, 1975.

American Federation of Arts. "Primitive Art/Masterworks," January 5, 1975–May 15, 1977.

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. "Primitive Art/Masterworks," March 23, 1975–May 4, 1975.

Dallas Museum of Art. "Primitive Art/Masterworks," June 8, 1975–July 20, 1975.

Art Institute of Chicago. "Primitive Art/Masterworks," August 25, 1975–October 10, 1975.

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. "Primitive Art/Masterworks," November 9, 1975–December 21, 1975.

Toledo Museum of Art. "Primitive Art/Masterworks," April 11, 1976–May 25, 1976.

Walker Art Center. "Primitive Art/Masterworks," June 27, 1976–August 8, 1976.

Denver Art Museum. "Primitive Art/Masterworks," September 10, 1976–November 7, 1976.

de Young Museum, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. "Primitive Art/Masterworks," March 12, 1977–May 15, 1977.

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Harner, Michael J., and Albert B. Elsasser. Art of the Northwest Coast. An exhibition at the Robert H. Lowie Museum of Anthropology of the University of California, Berkeley, March 26–October 17, 1965. Berkeley: Robert H. Lowie Museum of Anthropology, 1965, pl. 63.

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American Federation of Arts. Primitive Art Masterworks: an exhibition jointly organized by the Museum of Primitive Art and the American Federation of Arts, New York. New York: American Federation of Arts, 1974, no. 49.

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