Embodied Spirits: Ritual Carvings of the Asmat
- ISBN-10
- 0875771556
- ISBN-13
- 9780875771557
- Pages
- 104
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1990
- Publisher
- Peabody Museum of Salem
- Author
- Tobias Schneebaum
Description
Presents a broad array of objects (most of them previously unexhibited) from two of the most important American collections of art from the Asmat region of Indonesian New Guinea, including more than 100 elaborately worked shields, drums, horns and weapons as well as body ornaments and decorated ancestor skulls. Scholarly texts examine the history of the Asmat; the creation, function and symbolism of various types of carvings; the spiritual significance of ritual objects used in warfare, headhunting and cannibalism; and the religious and philosophical concepts of Asmat culture.
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- 2013-03-10
- 177 pages
- Paperback
- Church Publishing, Inc.