This statuette, intended to serve as a home for Wah’s spirit, depicts a young man in the prime of life. Full of vigor, the little figure has the imposing presence of a much larger statue.
The linen wrap may imitate the type of long skirt worn by Middle Kingdom officials. Beneath this, the figure wears the more typical short kilt, carved into the wood and painted white.
Middle Kingdom, 12th Dynasty, reign of Amenemhat I, ca. 1981-1975 BC. From Tomb of Wah, Southern Asasif, Thebes. Now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. 20.3.210
Parliament’s 5th studio album was released on 20 July 1976.
Coming off the success of Mothership Connection (released in December 1975), which peaked at #13 in the US (#4 on the R&B chart), The Clones of Dr. Funkenstein sold about half as many copies (500,000, their second album to sell more than half a million) and peaked at #20.
The owlfish, named for the size of its large eyes relative to its head, lives throughout the North Pacific. These species are in the family Bathylagidae and are relatively common in the deep sea, living at depths of over 6,000 meters (19,685 feet). In Monterey Bay, we observe these fish between a few hundred meters to over 2,000 meters (6,560 feet).