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Figure, Mimia (?), 19th century
Wood, gum, traces of pigment
33 x 5.1 x 5.1 cm (13 x 2 x 2.25 in.)
The Marcia and John Friede Collection, a Promised Gift to the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco L05.1.313

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Artist Biography: (none) PROVENANCE: "Raymond and Laura Wielgus Collection, Tucson, Ariz." (Catalog #493, New Guinea Art: Masterpieces from the Jolika Collection of Marcia and John Friede, 2005, Volume 2, p. 168.) EXHIBITIONS: 1961 - Museum of Primitive Art, New York, 1961, "Art Styles of the Papuan Gulf." PUBLICATIONS: 2005 - "This figure is said to have been used in the moguru ceremonies. See pl. 480." (Catalog #493, New Guinea Art: Masterpieces from the Jolika Collection of Marcia and John Friede, 2005, Volume 2, p. 168.) 1995 - Meyer, 1995, fig. 87. 1961 - Newton, 1961, fig. 74.

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