An ancestor skull of the Asmat people,Papua New patinated skull,the forehead rubbed smooth with extensive eye sockets filled with a dark mass decorated with woven rattan ring fixed around the nasal and the lower jaw,attached to it a(broken)seashell ornament,identical rings of woven rattan around the cheek of woven fibres with seeds and bird feathers of various colours holding the lower jaw in place at the of age and 17 skulls of revered ancestors,so-called "ndambirkus" wher,Additional-Rights-Clearences-Not Available

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Keywords: ancestor, arms, asmat, blade, clipping, clippings, cut, cut-, cut-outs, dark, guinea., handheld, melee, object, objects, papua, patinated, people, skull, stills, thrusting, thrustings, weapon, weapons