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Guernsey Allen Anne, « Compte rendu de The Making of Asmat Art: Indigenous Art in a World Perspective de Nick Stanley », Journal de la société des océanistes, ID : 10.4000/jso.12763
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The Making of Asmat Art, by Nick Stanley, is not for readers looking for a description of the process of Asmat carving. Neither is it an exegesis of the iconography of Asmat imagery or the meaning of objects within ritual contexts. Rather, the book is a consideration of the evolution of Asmat carving and its perception by the West. It is a meticulously researched volume that pulls from a variety of fields: historiography, history, anthropology, ethnography, and art history. “Such a tale requ...