Bis Pole
Object type: Ancestor pole
Department: Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
Culture: Asmat people
Artist: Ajowmien
Artist role: Artist
Date: ca. 1960
Medium: Wood, paint, fiber
Dimensions: H. 18 ft. 11 in. × W. 19 1/2 in. × D. 61 in. (576.6 × 49.5 × 154.9 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: Ceremonial Objects|Human Figures