Asmat people

The Asmat of New Guinea is the ethnic group, and living in the province of Papua, Indonesia.
Has a tradition of carving a unique and very popular in the Pacific, their art is highly sought after by collectors around the world. Some ornaments / motifs that are often used and became a major theme in the process of carving sculptures made ​​by the Asmat population is the theme of the ancestors of their tribe, commonly called bisj (read: mbis). But do not stop there, often also found ornaments / other motif that resembles a boat or wuramon , which they believe to be a symbol of the boat that brought the spirits of their ancestors on the nature of death. For natives Asmat, woodcarving art is more an embodiment of their way to perform a ritual to honor the spirits of the ancestors.