Tomkins Collection

Figure, mimia

TC 112
Provenance: Lewis/Wara Gallery, Seattle, 2004 Scott and Tanya Rodolitz, New York Jack Edler  Julius Carlebach, New York  Ingeborg de Beausacq Collected by George Craig
Dimensions: H. 129 cm
Culture:

Mimia figures “are displayed in men’s houses during ceremonies, act as protective beings, and are sometimes carried in canoes on warring expeditions.” (Parsons 1975: 56)

Publishing History: Robert Welsch, Virginia-Lee Webb, Sebastian Haraha. Coaxing the Spirits to Dance: Art and Society in the Papuan Gulf. New Hampshire, Hood Museum of Art, 2006: 79 (Fig.137).
Exhibition History: Coaxing the Spirits to Dance: Art and Society in the Papuan Gulf. Hood Museum of Art, New Hampshire, April 1-September 17, 2006.
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