Accession No
2004.1
Description
Fish-woman by Ngukinjinmeli, c. 2001.Wooden carving of a fish-woman called Mariamngawinjowa with her two children, Mariam, the boy at the front and Tungori, the girl at the back. The story of this fish-woman is connected to mayflies, which are owned as a totem of the Suaru clan.
Place
Oceania; Melanesia; Papua New Guinea; Sepik; Yenjan
Period
Source
Moutu, Andrew [collector]; Crowther-Beynon Grant [monetary donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
2004.1
Cultural Affliation
Iatmul
Material
Wood; Pigment; Shell; Fibre
Local Term
Measurements
161mm x 210mm x 1074mm
Events
Context (Field collection)
Collected and donated by Andrew Moutu 2001.
Event Date 2001
Author: maa
Context (Production / use)
Carved by Ngukinjinmeli of the Yenjan village.
Event Date 2004
Author: Guey-Mei Hsu
Context (Display)
Exhibited in 'Brothers Paired: Concealment and Revelation: Iatmul Ritual Art from the Sepik, Papua New Guinea', at the Andrews Gallery, CUMAA, February 2004-February 2006.
Exhibition labels read, 'A carved representation of a fish-woman called Mariamngawinjowa with her two children, Mariam, the boy at the front and Tungori, the girl at the back. The story of this fish-woman is connected to mayflies, which are owned as a totem of the Suaru clan. Specific details of this myth are retained and revealed only to clan members.'
Event Date 2/2004
Author: Guey-Mei Hsu
Description (Physical description)
Wooden carving of fish-woman.
Event Date 28/4/2005
Author: maa
FM:265146
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