Asaro, Mudmen - Papua New Guinea
Asaro, Mudmen | Eastern Highlands | Papua New Guinea, 2010
The Asaro, numbering an estimated 14,000, live in the eastern highlands. Known as the Mudmen, the Asaro are famous for their terrifying look: covering themselves in mud, wearing gruesome masks and brandishing spears.
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Editions
Limited to 19
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frame
Wallnut wood
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glass
Musem glass
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Sizes
074 x 062 cm - Edition of 9
120 x 100 cm - Edition of 6
170 x 140 cm - Edition of 3
207 x 170 cm - Edition of 1