Metropolitan Museum of Art: Art of Africa, the Pacific and the Americas

The Rockefeller Wing holds the Met's comprehensive collection of art from Africa, the Pacific and the Americas . It's a superb set of galleries, the muted, understated decor throwing the exhibits into sharp and often dramatic focus. The African exhibit has a particularly awe-inspiring display of art from the Court of Benin in present-day Nigeria - tiny carved-ivory statues and vessels, created with astonishing detail. The Pacific collection covers the islands of Melanesia, Micronesia, Polynesia and Australia, and contains a wide array of objects such as wild, somewhat frightening, wooden masks with piercing all-too-realistic eyes.

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