Asmat Art: Woodcarvings of Southwest New Guinea

by Dirk Smidt

$45 · Offered by Eric Chaim Kline Bookseller · No longer available

First edition

Leiden: Periplus, 1993. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. 160pp. Original pictorial dust-jacket over black cloth with silver lettering on spine and front cover. Color frontispiece. Asmat Art features the world-renowned woodcarvings of the Asmat, former head-hunters who live in the western half of New Guinea. Working with stone axes, bone, and bits of shell, early carvers fashioned the local wood into stunning masterpieces.

• Binding: Hardcover

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