Embodied Sprits: Ritual Carvings of the Asmat

Salem, MA: Peabody Museum of Salem, 1990. Illustrated. Paperback. 104pp. Quarto [28 cm] Illustrated wraps. Good only. The covers are rubbed. The front cover is moisture rippled. The versos of the covers, along with the first page are mildly moisture stained. The first several pages are also slightly moisture rippled. The remaining pages are clean and bright. A Traveling Exhibition from the Gajdusek Collection of the Peabody Museum of Salem and the Crosier Asmat Museum Collection of Hastings, Nebraska. Subjects include headhunting and cannibalism, soulships, and ancestor skulls.