Ready for the Death Rite
Photograph
Ready for the Death Rite
Michael Rockefeller's Legacy
1961
Gelatin silver print
Image: 6 3/8 × 9 5/8 in. (16.2 × 24.4 cm)
Paper: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Gift of Time-Life Books
1968.0184.0334
Inscriptions Typed in black ink on applied label, verso LC: (Rockefeller) 8/62 12) READY FOR THE DEATH RITE: "Bisj" poles rest \ in the jungle in front of an Asmat clubhouse, ready \ for the ceremonial raising. Poles honor the Asmat \ victims of rival headhunters. Each is carved from a mangrove trunk, leaving one root protruding like a flag. \ Credit: MICHAEL ROCKEFELLER © 1962 MAGNUM Photos \ by courtesy of the Museum of Primitive Art
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