In November 1961, 23-year-old Michael Rockefeller, the son of then-New ... gone there to collect primitive art from the isolated Asmat tribe, whose culture was, until fairly recently, a "mirror ...
On the morning of Nov. 20, 1961, Michael Rockefeller, the 23-year-old son of New York Gov. Nelson Rockefeller, swam up to a group of Asmat warriors along the southwest coast of New Guinea.
Colonialism and Michael Rockefeller’s Tragic Quest for Primitive Art, Carl Hoffmann has written The Lunatic Express and Hunting Warbirds. A journey to the heart of New Guinea’s Asmat tribal ...