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The Asmat: Cycle of Poverty and Malnutrition

The Asmat: Cycle of Poverty and Malnutrition

The village of Tomor, where rivers weave like snakes through thick forest, is so remote that its 500 residents have no regular access to education and health services supplied by the government. Health officials said ...

Asmat Cannibal Art from West Papua
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Asmat Cannibal Art from West Papua

The Asmat were a cannibal tribe from West Papua. Their tribal art influenced many notable western artists including Henry Matisse, Marc Chagall and, especially, Pablo Picasso. ...

In Search Of. . . Michael Rockefeller
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In Search Of. . . Michael Rockefeller

A good account of Michael Rockefeller’s unusual life and mysterious disappearance in the Asmat region of West Papua. Including some wonderful images of Papuan life and art. ...

The Search For Michael Rockefeller 1989

The Search For Michael Rockefeller 1989

Jack West hopes to test his theory that Rockefeller was rescued by natives by mounting an expedition to find the millionaire. We know very little about Jack West, he’s 43, a “photographer, businessman, ad ...

Who is AK Rockefeller?

Who is AK Rockefeller?

AK Rockefeller was raised with his two brothers and two sisters in the Asmat region of West Papua. He grew up in a tree house and had little to do with anything outside his village. He had a particular talent for woo ...

Rockefellers Refuse To Acknowledge AK’s Claim To Art Fortune

Rockefellers Refuse To Acknowledge AK’s Claim To Art Fortune

A grand jury, appointed to navigate the layers and counterlayers of this bizarre, complex and expanding legal conundrum, a protracted battle spanning three years and as many grand juries, the latest of which adjourne ...

The Disappearance of Michael Rockefeller
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The Disappearance of Michael Rockefeller

This is a newsreel edition from around the time of Michael Rockefeller's disappearance in Irian Jaya (West Papua). The eventual conclusion at the time was that he drowned trying to swim to shore. Or was eaten by ca ...