Bis Pole
Object type: Ancestor pole
Department: Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
Culture: Asmat people
Artist: Jiem
Artist role: Artist
Date: ca. 1960
Medium: Wood, paint, fiber
Dimensions: H. 15 ft. 6 in. × W. 13 in. × D. 44 in. (472.4 × 33 × 111.8 cm)
Classification: Wood-Sculpture
Geography:  Otsjanep village  Papua Province (Irian Jaya) Indonesia  
River: Ewta River
Credit line: The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection; Gift of Nelson A. Rockefeller and Mrs. Mary C. Rockefeller, 1965
Accession year: 1978