Primitive art of Asmat, Papua, Indonesia (battle shield) Indonesian Culture

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Primitive art of Asmat, Papua, Indonesia (battle shield) Indonesian Culture:
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Indonesia · Papua (Irian Jaya) Primitive art of Asmat (battle shield & figures · 27)

Following the total replacement of the exhibits at the Indonesian Cultural Palace (GBI), we will exhibit collected items that have been exhibited with an exception value. Both of these primitive arts (primitive art, tribal art) are gems and superb items that GBI has collected over the years. In Japan, the understanding of primitive art is still thin and there are few enthusiasts at present, but it is a pleasure if you could touched worldwide and museum level items on this occasion. It\'s all 20% to 30% less than normal price. Please note that sales at this special price have been limited for a limited time.

Asmat primitive art in the southwestern part of the world famous Irian Jaya (now Papua province). The high artistic quality is also evident from the fact that there is an \"Asmat Corner\" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Although primitives and arts are still fewer enthusiasts and understanders in Japan, in the West European countries, for art collectors, \"I want to get Asmat sculpture someday,\" he said. The battle shield sculpture of the photograph was made in the village in the southern village of Agats in the central village of Asmat in the 1990 \'s. The creator is Mr. Bikat. It carved from a single iron tree (iron wood), weighs about 10.2 kg. Total length 1.55 m. Maximum depth of about 14 cm. Maximum width 33.5 cm. The height of the battle shield alone is approximately 1.21 meters.

Battle shields are the \"highest peaks\" of Asmat primitive arts, along with bis · pole (ancestor spiritual) and uramon (spirit boat) sculptures. Battle shield and bis pole, which have close ties with the view of death and life of Asmat people and neck hunting customs, are frequently produced as pre-ceremonies for villaining the deceased in tribal society that does not accept natural death I have a history. Production is done at the same time of Umb (ritual · festival), sometimes it is not unusual to take months from cutting out materials to completion. In the case of this work, the precise technique that the front is a battle shield and three-dimensional engraving of a person figure on the back side is utilized. A statue of a man standing at the top tells us that this author is from the Cas Alinen coast in the south of Agats. The figure of this upper figure is understood as \"battle shield\" penis. This \"penis\" part is believed as a symbol promising spiritual strength and courage, fertility and prosperity.

According to the myth of the Asmat region, \"Fumeripitz (meaning of the creator and the man of the wind)\", the Creator who came down to the earth from the sky carved the logs and engraved the statues of the men and women. Next I made a drum. When I covered it with the skin of a lizard and struck the drum, the girl \'s doll rose, danced to the rhythm and started singing. Then, the Asmat people as human beings were born. In other words, it is a myth that humans were born from trees. \"Asmat\" means local people say \"true human beings\", \"we are trees\". An Asmat who believes that it was born from a tree becomes a wooden sculpture with his hands when dead. With customs rooted in this myth, in the Asmat region, sculpture culture has developed abnormally until it is now called a treasure trove of world primitive art. As for Asmat sculpture, \"Asmat Art: Wood Carvings of Southwest New Guinea\" (published by Periplus), \"Western Ilien Exploration (II)\" (published in Nippon Television, published by Nippon Television, Yomiuri Shimbun published by Seiichi Okawa), \" Ethnographic magazine of ancestral statue \"(published by Masao Kobayashi · 蹲踞館) etc. Please refer to.

(Note) This sculpture can not stand independent because of the center of gravity relationship. For display, it is necessary to attach a support post. In addition, the tip of the part of the knife attached to the back of the man on the back (for Asmat, by the way, the knife is made from the thigh bone of Hikidori) is missing. Although it is a lack of noticeable to the appearance, thank you in advance for your understanding.

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