Asmat Body Mask Witco otherwise fine with no repairs

otherwise fine with no repairs

and the rare life-sized aspect of the sculpture together lend a supernatural

Rendered from red cedar

Decorated With Kneeling Ancestor Figure

Asmat Body Mask Witco otherwise fine with no repairsThe Asmat people of southwest New Guinea create and use elaborate woven masks for ritual feasts that celebrate the passage of the recently deceased from the world of the living to the ancestral realm known as safan. Each body mask is a complex ensemble comprising a wealth of locally sourced materials including mulberry fiber, sago palm leaves, wood, bamboo, feathers and seeds. The torso and shoulders are constructed of rattan in a single rod coiled