Author: RENSELAAR, H.C. VAN (TEXT),
Title: Asmat. Art from Southwest New Guinea. Exhibition Catalogue Royal Tropical Institute Amsterdam.
Description: Amsterdam, Royal Tropical Institute, [..], 1950. Small 8°. Orig. wraps. in Asmat-Art-Style. [21]pp. english text: introd., list of pieces exhibited, some text-figs and 50 ills. on 26 plates out of text, photographed by R.L. Mellema, double-page sketch-map of Asmat=-tribe territory. [Royal Trop. Institute, No. CXXI, Dept. of Cultural & Physical Anthrop. No. 55.] A lavishly illustrated catalogue, listing and describing over 51 pieces exibited, incl. exact sizes of objects, being a part of Institute's collection of Asmat woodcarving. English text. Fine copy. (signature in corner inside front wrapper).

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