Early 20th century carved wood mask Washkuk Minja Kwoma people.
Early 20th century carved wood mask Washkuk Minja Kwoma people.
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Early 20th century carved wood mask Washkuk Minja Kwoma people.
Minja skulpure from Papua New Guinea from the tribe Nukuma or Kwoma - 20th century The tribes practicing the Yamskult and Minjas serve a cult figure to be used for the harvest ritual to mount the yam tubers and decorate it altar like with the Minja sculpture; the Nukumas and Kwomas live in the foot hills of the ascending of the Ambunti hills.
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Dimensions:
Height
40 cm / 1' 3 3⁄4"
Width
15 cm
/ 6 "
Depth
4 cm
/ 1 "
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