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Source:Caglayan Ph.D. Emily The Asmat. In Helibrum Timeline of Art History of New York:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art 2000- http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/asma.htm
(October 2004); and Mr Ruben Meza, 2012
The Asmat Creation story:Fumeripits creates people from
trees (By,Reyna provencio, 2/1/12, period1) Culture and
Geography
According to Asmat tradition: "Fumeripits was the first being to exist on earth and he also created the
first mens ceremoney house called a jeu"
"Fumeripits would spend his days dancing along the beach but after awhile grew tire of being alone."
"So he chopped down a number of trees, carved them in to human figures, and placed them inside the
jeu."
"However since the sculptures were inanimate, Fumeripits was still unhappy. He then decided to create a drum, and chopped down another tree, hollowed out the center and stretched a piece of lizard skin over the
top."
"As he began to play the drum, the human figures miraculously came to life, thier elbows came unstuck
to thier knees, and they began to dance."
This is how Fumeripits made people from trees. And the first people were Asmat.