Vessel in the Form of a Monkey

- 1960
Everett Rassiga, New York, NY, USA

1960 - 1967
Nelson A. Rockefeller, New York, NY, purchased from Everett Rassiga [1]

1967
Museum of Primitve Art, New York, NY, gift of Nelson A. Rockefeller [2]

1967/05/04 - 1978
Morton D. May (1914-1983), St. Louis, MO, purchased at the auction "...Duplicates from the Collection of Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller and the Museum of Primitive Art," Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, May 4, 1967, lot no. 169 [3]

1978 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, given by Morton D. May [4]


Notes:
[1] An undated note from the files of the Museum of Primitive Art / Metropolitan Museum of Art documents Nelson Rockefeller purchased this object from Everett Rassiga in December 1960 [SLAM document files].

[2] An undated note from the files of the Museum of Primitive Art / Metropolitan Museum of Art documents the donation of this object in April 1967 [SLAM document files].

[3] An invoice dated May 4, 1967 from Parke-Bernet Galleries to Morton D. May documents this purchase, listed as "No. 169, Effigy Bowl"; Parke-Bernet Galleries #2559 "Primitive Art - African, Oceanic, American Indian, Pacific Northwest Coast, and Pre-Columbian Art: Duplicates from the Collection of Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller and the Museum of Primitive Art," May 4, 1967 [SLAM document files].

[4] A letter dated September 29, 1978 from Morton D. May to James N. Wood, director of the Saint Louis Art Museum, includes the offer of this object as part of a larger donation [SLAM document files]. Minutes of the Acquisitions Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, December 13, 1978.