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Modern · № 038
Bisj Ancestor Pole Asmat artist(s) · ca. 1960
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Bisj Ancestor Pole
Maker Asmat artist(s)
Date ca. 1960
Place Americas and Oceania
Material Wood, paint, fiber, sago palm leaves
Dimensions 579.1 × 30.5 × 121.9 cm
Current collection Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY Source: The Met ↗ ← The Walking Man Bisj Ancestor Pole Jewer → Scroll for object details ↓
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Maker Asmat artist(s)
Date ca. 1960
Place Americas and Oceania
Material Wood, paint, fiber, sago palm leaves
Dimensions 579.1 × 30.5 × 121.9 cm
Current collection Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY