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Asmat

Figure of a Chief Supported by the Colonial Administration

Asmat, 1900-1932

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Asmat

Figure of a Chief Supported by the Colonial Administration

Asmat, 1900-1932

Physical Qualities Wood, pigments, 38 11/16 x 9 7/16 x 6 1/8 in. (98.3 x 24 x 15.5 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of R. Bruce Allen, from the Estate of Luther Emory Allen
Object Number 1976.76.1
Red, black and white pigments
TThe Baltimore Museum of Art 1976 by gift from R. Bruce Allen from the estate of Luther Emory Allen; R. Bruce Allen; Luther Emory Allen collected between 1942-1945(possibly collected in the Huon gulf);
Lowe, Celia. Art of Incorporation: Transition in the Arts of Africa and Oceania. Wesleyan University. 1990. unpaginated.
Zimmer, Wiliam. "Perceptions of the Other". The New York Times. February 11th 1990. pg. 32.
Brunt, Peter, Sean Mallon, Lissant Bolton, Deidre Sharon Brown, Damian Skinner, and Susanne Küchler. Art in Oceania: a new history. Edited by Nicholas Thomas. Yale University Press, 2012.

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2000–2000

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