The Asmat of New Guinea: The Journal of Michael Clark Rockefeller
New York, New York: Museum of Primitive Art, 1967. Hardcover. Black cloth with red illustration and white titling, printed mylar jacket; 349 pp.; 1 foldout map; 90 color, 510 bw photos. VG with VG original printed mylar jacket Lovely copy. Item #143145
A chronicle of Michael Clark Rockefeller's two journeys among the Asmat people of New Guinea. Includes photos, parts of his journal, and a catalogue of objects he collected during his time there. Edited and with an introduction by Adrian A. Gerbrands, of the University of Leiden, who himself spent a year among the Asmat, studying their art. Great photos. Contents as follows: Foreword -- Introduction: Art and Artist in Asmat Society -- Michael Rockefeller's Photographs and Field Notes From His First Trip -- Catalogue of Object-Shields-Drums-Horns-Paddles-Sago Pounders-Spears -- Canoe Prows-Ancestor Vessels and Poles-Masks-Skill-Skirts/Daggers/Nose Ornaments -- Exhibition of the Michael C. Rockefeller Collection -- Glossary of Asmat Words -- Index of Villages-Map.
OCLC: 943257
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