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)

Provenance:
Lewis/Wara Gallery, Seattle, 2004
Scott and Tanya Rodolitz, New York
Julius Carlebach, New York
Jack Edler
Collected by George Craig

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