Asmat Armlet or Anklet bronzealloy once essential to warfare

once essential to warfare

depicting three seated ancestral figures surrounding a small animal

Carrying Net

Last shipments from the Thai Sawankhalok Kilns

The surface is coated in a rich

Asmat Armlet or Anklet bronzealloy once essential to warfareAsmat people, early to mid 20th century, Manokwari, West Papua, Indonesia Charming old arm or ankle ornament made of an unidentified materiallikely galalith or boneshaped into a smooth circular form. Pieces of this type were often European made and traded into Asmat regions in the early 20th century, possibly through Dutch missionaries. Such ornaments became incorporated into local dress and personal adornment. The Asmat are a coastal people living in