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| Introduction | |
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| The Asmat: Life, Death and the Ancestors | |
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| History: Colony, Mission and Nation | |
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| Jipae: Festival of the Mask Costumes | |
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| Group of Mask Costumes Northwest and Central Asmat Collected: 1953, 1961, 1978, 1979 | |
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| Wowipitsj: The Asmat Woodcarver | |
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| Woodcarving Art: Style Regions and Motifs | |
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| Four Representative Shields Northwest, Central, Citak, Brazza Collected: 1913, 1953, 1954, 1975 | |
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| Brazza: The Art of the Northeast | |
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| Group of Brazza Shields Brazza River Collected: 1971, 1975 | |
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| Catalog of Woodcarvings | |
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| Shields | |
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| Group of Shields I Northwest Asmat Collected: 1907-1908, 1913 | |
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| Group of Shields II Northwest Asmat Collected: 1953 | |
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| Group of Shields III Northwest Asmat Collected: 1913, 1953-1959, 1970 | |
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| Group of Shields IV Central Asmat Collected: 1953, 1961 | |
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| Group of Shields V Citak Collected: circa 1954 | |
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| Figure Sculptures | |
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| Group of Figures I Northwest Asmat Collected: 1907-1954 | |
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| Group of Figures II Northwest Asmat Collected: 1951-1954 | |
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| Human Figure as Motif Northwest and Central Asmat Collected: 1913, 1953-1954 | |
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| Monumental Carvings | |
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| Group of Bisj Central Asmat Collected: 1954, 1961 | |
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| Other Large Carvings Northwest and Central Asmat Collected: 1971-1980 | |
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| Drums: Northwest and Central Asmat Collected: 1908 or 1913, 1953, 1954, 1953-1962 | |
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| Canoe Prows: Northwest and Central Asmat Collected: 1953, 1961, 1970 | |
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| Atjametsj: Unique Collection of Statues and Shields | |
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| The Atjametsj Collection Central Asmat Collected: 1961 | |
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| Shields | |
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| Figure Sculptures | |
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| Collection: Military, Explorers and Anthropologists | |
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| Art Today: Woodcarving in Transition | |
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| Appendix | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Acknowledgements | |
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| Index | |