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Lives of Our Ancestors: An Asmat Bis Ceremony (Video)

Hatched hut with an open display that shows a mannequin of an adult man in red shorts working on wooden bis poles. Behind him are the images of Asmat people working on creating a bis pole. To the side of the scene are an assortment of carved artifacts.

Lives of Our Ancestors: An Asmat Bis Ceremony

 

This film was created by Troy Belford, a graduate student in anthropology at Wichita State University.

The footage was shot in the Asmat region of New Guinea Island by Troy Belford and Jerry Martin,  Director of the Holmes Museum of Anthropology, during the summer of 2007. Narrated by Dr. Peer Moore-Jansen.

 

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