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Asmat

Waist Garment

Asmat, 1900

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Asmat

Waist Garment

Asmat, 1900

Physical Qualities Hemp, reeds, seeds, cassowary feathers, W. 21 in. (53.4 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Alan Wurtzburger
Object Number 1955.251.119
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1955; Alan Wurtzburger
"The Alan Wurtzburger Collection of Oceanic Art", January 7th-March 4th 1956, Baltimore Museum of Art
Douglas F. Fraser & Paul S. Wingret, "The Wurtzburger Collection of Oceanic Art" , BMA 1956 pg 33. cat no. 119.

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