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The Asmat are an ethnic group of New Guinea, residing in the province of South Papua, Indonesia.The Asmat inhabit a region on the island's southwestern coast bordering the Arafura Sea, with lands totaling approximately 18,000 km 2 (7,336 mi 2) and consisting of mangrove, tidal swamp, freshwater swamp, and lowland rainforest.
Asmat Regency is a regency (kabupaten) in the northwestern portion of the Indonesian province of South Papua. It is bounded to the southwest by the Arafura Sea , to the southeast and east by Mappi Regency , to the north by Highland Papua Province and to the northwest by Central Papua Province.
Asmat Bis Poles from New Guinea, Indonesia. A Bisj, Mbis or Bis pole is a ritual artifact created and used by the Asmat people of South-western New Guinea, Indonesia. They are also common in New Zealand, Vanuatu (formerly the New Hebrides). [1] When a village has experienced a number of deaths a Bisfeast is held.
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PARADISEC archive of Asmat language recordings; Asmat. New Guinea World. Kamrau Bay. New Guinea World. This page was last edited on 26 December 2024, at 20 ...
In 1953, the Catholic mission was made permanent and the following year the Dutch government of Netherlands New Guinea established a permanent post in Agats, banning headhunting practices. During this period, Asmat woodcarving became popular, with collectors, museum representatives, ethnographers and scientists visiting the area. [4]
New Guinea is the world’s second-largest island and is made up of two halves - the east side, known as Papua New Guinea and the west half, part of Indonesia, known as Papua.
The Asmat – Kamrau Bay languages are a family of a dozen Trans–New Guinea languages spoken by the Asmat and related peoples in southern Western New Guinea.They are believed to be a recent expansion along the south coast, as they are all closely related, and there is little differentiation in their pronouns.