ASMAT Bis Pole PreColumbian paired with a longhaired full-bodied

paired with a longhaired full-bodied costume comprised of bear skin

Rapa Nui (Easter Island)

In other cases

Bay Area Collection

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ASMAT Bis Pole PreColumbian paired with a longhaired full-bodiedAsmat Ancestor Pole, Bis or Bisj Pole, carved wood, pigment, organic material, 14 ft H The Asmat honored their dead with feasts and rituals, which both commemorated the deceased and reminded the living to avenge their deaths. The towering Asmat "bis" poles were made for these funeral feasts. The basic form of the bis is an openwork pole incorporating several ancestor figures and a winglike projection that represents the pole's phallus. In Asmat