Bis Pole
Object type: Ancestor pole
Department: Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
Culture: Asmat people
Date: ca. 1960
Medium: Wood, paint, fiber
Dimensions: H. 19 ft. × W. 12 in. × D. 48 in. (579.1 × 30.5 × 121.9 cm)
Classification: Wood-Sculpture
Geography:  probably Per village  Papua Province (Irian Jaya) Indonesia  
River: Asewetsj and Siretsj Rivers region
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|Ceremonial Objects