Casuarines Coast, Asmat, New-Guinea. The sculptor Jewer, village Omadesep, Faretsj-river, Casuarines-coast, SW New-Guinea, carving with a chisel made out of an iron nail and an iron axe as a hammer, a prow of a dugout canoe.

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Casuarines Coast, Asmat, New-Guinea. The sculptor Jewer, village Omadesep, Faretsj-river, Casuarines-coast, SW New-Guinea, carving with a chisel made out of an iron nail and an iron axe as a hammer, a prow of a dugout canoe.

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To the right is visible, laying on the dugout, a large iron chisel. Around his wrists he wears bands made of plaited rattan.

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1961-03-14

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Gerbrands, A. A. (Adrianus Alexander), 1917-

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Asmat (Indonesian people) / Wood carving --Indonesia--Papua Barat.

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