Jayapura, Papua - The Asmat's renowned traditional sculptures need to be proposed to UNESCO as one of cultural heritage in Papua province, researcher at local house of archeology Hari Suroto said here on Tuesday. "Every work of Asmat sculpture is unique and does not have similarity with others. It has been well known all over the world for years, and even Spanish painter and sculptor Pablo Picasso admired it," Suroto noted. According to him, the Asmat carvings belong to the primitive art because of their unique and naturalistic patterns that show the complexity of how to create them. Suroto said the master piece consisting of a variety of sculptures continue to emerge in the middle of the community who make their lives above the mud and marshes. "Preservation of Asmat carving tradition is an important element as the identity of Asmat community to respect their own cultural heritage. He noted that Asmat community is made up of 12 sub-ethnic groups, and each has a special characteristic of art. "The Asmat carving can be categorized as intangible cultural heritage and therefore it should be proposed to UNESCO to be listed as a world cultural heritage from Papua," Suroto said. Further, he added that Asmat carving was vary and ranging from human statues, boats, panels, shields, drums, kaswari egg in terms of the model. Suroto said Asmat usually adopt the experience and the everyday environment as their carving patterns, such as man, boats, trees, animals, people who are boating, people who are hunting, and many more. (*)

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