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Victoria, BC, Canada
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 Peter Minja
Nangusime, Iatmul
Palembei Village,
Peter Minja was born in 1962 in Palembei Village where he has lived all his life. He is part of a large family of artists and credits Markus and Thomas Kain as his chief teachers. He is particularly known for his varied renditions of his clan's figure 'Bukduma'.
Public Collection:
Museum of Anthropology. Vancouver, B.C. Canada
Exhibitions: Ancestral Spirits, The Ceremonial Art of Papua New Guinea. 1989, Gallery of Tribal Art, Vancouver,B.C. Canada.
Saltwater Crocodile,Memory and Myth: 1989, Fran Willis Gallery,Victoria,B.C.
Pieces From Paradise :1992, cohosted by Fran Willis Gallery/Alcheringa Gallery, Victoria,B.C.
Ceremony and Passage :1996, Alcheringa Gallery, Victoria, B.C.
Oceania, 1997, Alcheringa Gallery, Victoria, B.C.
Ancestral Flights: Mastercarvers of Palembei Village, 2000, Alcheringa Gallery, Victoria, B.C.
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