Books

Asmat Images, from the collection of the Asmat Museum of Culture & Progress. New York: Pendragon Press, 1985. Contains over 175 drawings of carvings in the museum's collection, with 21 field photos and extensive information on the symbolism of the carvings in ritual life.

Embodied Spirits: Ritual Carvings of the Asmat. Salem, Mass.: Peabody Museum of Salem, 1990. Exhibition catalogue with introduction by Schneebaum and articles on the spirituality of the Asmat by Gerard Zegwaard, D. Carleton Gajdusek, and Bishop Alphonse Sowada. Field photos and photos of the objects in the exhibition.

Konrad, Gunter, Ursula Konrad, and Tobias Schneebaum. Asmat: Life with the Ancestors. Glashutten, West Germany: Freidhelm Bruckner Publisher, 1981. The catalogue of an exhibition of Asmat carvings from the collection of Gunter and Ursula Konrad. Extensive material on daily life and warfare.

Konrad, Gunter and Ursula, ed. ASMAT, Myth and Ritual, The Inspiration of Art. Venice, Italy: Errizo Editrice, 1966.

Trenkenschuh, Frank, osc, ed. Asmat Sketch Books Volumes 1 - 8, St. Paul, MN. Crosier Missions, New York: Grove Press, 1988. An account of an American who was assistant to the curator of the Asmat Museum of Culture and Progress and lived with the Asmat over a period of five years. Includes information on the daily life of the Asmat not found elsewhere.1970 - 1981. Seven separately bound soft cover books comprised of essays by Crosier missionaries describing Asmat life and culture.