Asmat: Perception of Life in Art: The Collection of the Asmat Museum of Culture and Progress.(Book review) From: Pacific Affairs | Date: December 22, 2007| Author: Jaarsma, Sjoerd R. | COPYRIGHT 2007 University of British Columbia. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

ASMAT: Perception of Life in Art: The Collection of the Asmat Museum of Culture and Progress. Edited by Ursula Konrad, Alphonse Sowada, Gunter Konrad. Monchengladbach: B. Kuhlen, 2002. 383pp. (Chiefly col. illus., maps.) US$74.00, cloth. ISBN 3-87448-229-4.

At face value Asmat: Perception of Life in Art catalogues the collection of the Asmat Museum in Agats, Papua Province, Indonesia. Yet, the editors and various authors have managed to add considerable value. The result...