Headhunter Artist

Headhunter Artist

Photograph

Michael C. Rockefeller

Maker
American, 1938–1961

Headhunter Artist

Michael Rockefeller's Legacy


1961
Gelatin silver print
Image: 9 9/16 × 6 1/2 in. (24.3 × 16.5 cm)
Paper: 10 × 8 in. (25.4 × 20.3 cm)
Gift of Time-Life Books
1968.0184.0333
Inscriptions Typed in black ink on applied label, verso BC: (Rockefeller) 8/62 11) HEADHUNTER ARTIST: This intricate carving \ is, oodly enough, a headrest. Its Asmat creator, who \ stands here for Michael Rockefeller's camera, bears a \ deep battle scar on his forehead.
\ Credit: MICHAEL ROCKEFELLER © 1962 MAGNUM Photos \ by courtesy of the Museum of Primitive Art
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