Michael Rockefeller's mysterious disappearance near an island inhabited by the Asmat people remains unsolved, with theories ...

A single image previously believed to explain Michael Rockefeller's disappearance has been debunked by an expert. Author Carl ...

Members of the Asmat people of West Papua participate in the Jipae resurrection feast. Researchers suggest that the genomes of modern Papuans bear traces of two distinct groups of Denisovan ancestors.

The Asmat people reportedly eat the flesh and brain matter of their slain enemies, as they believe the practice empowers the ...

This time he would venture deep into the jungle swamps of South Papua inhabited by the Asmat people, famed for their well-endowed bisj pole woodcarvings — and for their cannibalistic headhunting.

People of the Asmat tribe celebrate the Sentani Lake Festival on the island of Papua. The ceremony is performed by village dwellers when members of the villages deliver wares to other villages ...

Three people share their experiences of choosing to do volunteer work in Agats, Asmat Regency, South Papua, leaving behind ...

When Rockefeller traveled among New Guinea’s Asmat people, seeking objects to acquire for his father’s new museum of then-called “primitive art” near the Museum of Modern Art, “he seemed ...

Mary Rockefeller Morgan, Michael’s fraternal twin sister, in the Oceania gallery of the renovated Michael C. Rockefeller Wing, with Bis Poles carved by the Asmat people around 1960. Credit ...

Asmat funerary poles in the arts of Oceania galleries of the Michael C. Rockefeller Wing at the Metropolitan ... and 15-foot-tall wooden funerary poles carved by the Asmat people of New Guinea.

Jeffrey Brown: Soaring above one of the Met's new Galleries of Oceania, one of the museum's most iconic artworks from the Pacific. Made by artists from the Kwoma people of Northeast Papua New ...

The Asmat people reportedly eat the flesh and brain matter of their slain enemies, as they believe the practice empowers the spirits of their ancestors. Published: March 2, 2025 8:09 PM IST .