Asmat Art by Dirk Smidt
Author:Dirk Smidt
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-4629-0964-3
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
Plate 7.11 Shield. Presumably Komor village, on the Unir River (formerly Lorentz) or Sawa-Erma, on the Pomatsj River (formerly Northwest), Northwest Asmat. Wood, lime, red ocher, charcoal. 130 cm. Collected in 1953 by C.C. Verhey van Wijk. RMV 3070-234. Photograph: Ben Grishaaver.
On the back of this shield the collector has written: "K. Poto Jo Amominan Waout." The item was thus acquired at Jeu Amominan Waout. The large S-shaped motifs symbolize the human figure.
C. Group of shields III
Northwest Asmat
Collected: circa 1913, 1953-1959 and 1970
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