Bis Pole
Object type: Ancestor pole
Department: Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
Culture: Asmat people
Artist: Fanipdas
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: Asmat
Date: ca. 1960
Medium: Wood, paint, fiber
Dimensions: H. 17 ft. 11 1/2 in. × W. 21 1/2 in. × D. 57 in. (547.4 × 54.6 × 144.8 cm)
Classification: Wood-Sculpture
Geography:  Omadesep village  Papua Province (Irian Jaya) Indonesia  
River: Faretsj River
Credit line: The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection; Gift of Nelson A. Rockefeller and Mrs. Mary C. Rockefeller, 1965
Accession year: 1978
Tags: Human Figures