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Object Number
65-19-70/4606
Display Title
Bisjpole - 15' 6 1/2" high
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Housepole, carving from single tree, two anthropomorphic nude male figures, both standing, one on the other's shoulders. Both with incised curvilinear and geometric designs on arms, chest, legs. Crest protruding from chest of upper figure, curving designs with open perforated areas between. Smaller figure at top of crest, also similarly incised. Entire pole has areas of white and reddish ochre pigment, and black soot or pigment. Plant fiber tassels at ankles, knees, waist, elbows, and ears of figures, and along edges of crest. Lower figure holds human face between his hands, above his pelvis. Tapered extension below lower figure, likely for securing the post in the ground. Extensive splits, cracks, and insect holes throughout; still structurally sound.
Classification
- Carving
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Asmat
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Indonesia
/
Western New Guinea
/
Irian Jaya
/
New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms
Otsjanep, Village of
Materials
Wood , Pigment , Plant fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 212 1/4 × 29 1/2 × 58 1/2 in. (17.68 × 2.46 × 4.87 Ft)
Quantity
1
Label on object
65-19-70/4606
Provenance
Collector
Michael Clark Rockefeller
(1961)
Donor
Estate of Michael Clark Rockefeller
(1965)
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New Mexico | |
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Tapa
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Samoa?
Tonga? | |
| 33-84-10/1779 | Chilkat blanket |
Blanket
|
North America
| |
| 65-19-70/4607.1 | Piece of Bisjpole - 16' 11" high |
Carving
|
New Guinea
| |
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Carving
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| |
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Image Not Available
for Wood fragments from bisjpole
| 65-19-70/4607.1.1 | Wood fragments from bisjpole |
New Guinea
| ||
| 996-24-30/11692 | Bark cloth |
Art 3-D
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Amazonas
| |
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Image Not Available
for Carved wooden ancestor figure (kawe)
| 61-53-70/3949 | Carved wooden ancestor figure (kawe) |
Village of Otsjanep
| ||
| 2004.24.34287 | Steel dagger. Wooden hilt carved with crest figures |
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