Bis Pole - Tribal Art - Asmat People - New Guinea For Sale

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Bis Pole - Tribal Art - Asmat People - New Guinea:
$2900.00

Title: Bis Pole

Artist: unknown

Date: unknown

Geography: New Ginea

Culture: Asmat people

Medium: Wood, paint, fiber (metal base)

Dimensions: H. 43 in. × W. 8 in. × D. 5 in.

Classification: Wood-Sculpture

Wooden sculpture of the Asmat people of southwest New Guinea.

Bis Pole description from the metropolitan museum of art.

“Made only in a limited area of the Asmat region, bis poles were, and are, created as the focal points of a memorial feast that honors individuals who have died recently and become ancestors. Each figure on the poles represents and is named for a specific individual. In the past, the poles also reminded the living that the dead must be avenged. In Asmat cosmology, death was always caused by an enemy, either directly in war or by malevolent magic. Each death created an imbalance that had to be corrected through the death of an enemy. After a number of individuals in the village had died, the male elders would decide to stage a bis feast, which was formerly held in conjunction with a headhunting raid. Today, a bis feast may be staged to alleviate a specific crisis or in connection with male

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