Imagination behind Shape: The Invisible Content of Asmat Artefacts

Autor:	Astrid De Hontheim
Rok vydání:	2010
Předmět:	History Anthropology media_common.quotation_subject Self Cannibalism language.human_language German Surprise Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) Aesthetics language Content (Freudian dream analysis) media_common Ancestor
Zdroj:	Anthropological Forum. 20:235-249
ISSN:	1469-2902 0066-4677
DOI:	10.1080/00664677.2010.515292
Popis:	For the Asmat people in West Papua, artefacts and body decoration are created for both aesthetic and spiritual purposes. Craftspeople add sacred components to comply with their ancestors' expectations, which are perceptible to their descendants. Body decoration acts on the self, affecting mood and health. My Asmat informants expressed their surprise when they saw some ‘tribal’1 art collectors avidly gathering ‘pieces’,2 as if they hoped to capture the aura of the pre-contact Asmat. The most sought-after objects bear an ancestor's name and were involved in head-hunting or cannibalism. This article concerns some of the imagined contents of Asmat artefacts and how their status changes from the time they are made until their integration into Western collections, particularly those of Dutch and German collectors I interviewed in 2003 and 2004.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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