Museum of Primitive Art

Nazca Double Spout Bottle, depicting hummingbirds feeding on flowers painted at the base of each spout. Museum of Primitive Art, New York, 1962–1978.[1]
Feathered Panel A.D. 600–900 Wari, macaw feathers on cotton fabric. Nelson Rockefeller purchase, loaned to the Museum of Primitive Art, New York, 1956–1978

The Museum of Primitive Art was a museum devoted to the early arts of the indigenous cultures of Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe and Oceania.[2] It was founded in 1954 by Nelson Rockefeller, who donated his own collection of Tribal art. The museum opened to the public in 1957 in a townhouse at 15 West 54th Street in New York City. Robert Goldwater (1907–1973) was the museum’s first director. The museum closed in 1976, and its collections were transferred to the Metropolitan Museum of Art.[2]

  1. ^ "Nasca artist(s) | Bottle with hummingbirds | Nasca". The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 2023-11-14.
  2. ^ a b ""Museum of Primitive Art." The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2008". Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2010-12-23.