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III. Kamoro Art: Characteristics Here are a few quotations from the views of experts in the art of Oceania. 'The Mimika Papuas proved to have been capable of remarkable artistic achievements. Their art, and in particular their wood carving, does not suffer from comparison with that of their eastern neighbours, the Asmat, with whom they show a cultural relationship.' [23] 'Typical of the anthropomorphic figures standing on top of each other, is that the head only is rendered in a sculptural fashion / three-dimensionally (in the extenuated form characteristic of this style) while the limbs dissolve in an asymmetrical openwork ornamentation. (While the limbs are presented in an a-symmetrical, broken-up, ornamental way).' [24] 'The importance accorded to line, particularly the internal lines of motifs as compared to their general shape, is characteristic of Mimika art. Thus, carved shields or canoe decorations appear covered in filigree work, a lattice of relief-worked lines.' [25] 'It is a strongly architectured art form, with human figures typically carved in a combination of solid and "empty" parts.' [26] | |
