Otsjanep

Village in South Papua, Indonesia
Otsjanep
Ocenep, Acenep
Village
Asmat people performing traditional wood carving.
Asmat people performing traditional wood carving.
5°58′42.5″S 138°21′26.7″E / 5.978472°S 138.357417°E / -5.978472; 138.357417
Country Indonesia
ProvinceSouth Papua
RegencyAsmat
DistrictFayit
ClimateAf

Otsjanep or Ocenep is a village in Asmat Regency, South Papua, Indonesia. The village is located on the bank of the Ewta river[1] at the far north end of Indonesia's Casuarina Coast, named for its casuarina trees but now disappearing due to logging.[2] Otsjanep is renowned for its wood carving.[3][4][5] The locals continue to wear traditional clothes,[6] but the village has a modern missionary church and – unusual in this area – grass lawns.[6] It is part of a larger settlement consisting of Isar, Pirien, Kayarpis, and Bakyor in Fayit District.[7] In his 2014 book "Savage Harvest," author Carl Hoffman presented evidence that Michael Rockefeller, son of U.S. Vice President Nelson Rockefeller, was killed and eaten by people from Otsjanep.

References

  1. ^ Asmat Archived 2022-03-04 at the Wayback Machine Map 1:1.1M
  2. ^ "Asmat, Casuarina Coast in Indonesia". Archived from the original on 2022-03-04. Retrieved 2018-09-14.
  3. ^ Bis Pole Archived 2022-03-04 at the Wayback Machine The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  4. ^ Wood carvings from Otsjanep village. Archived 2017-09-12 at the Wayback Machine The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  5. ^ Dirk Smidt Asmat Art: Woodcarvings of Southwest New Guinea Archived 2022-03-04 at the Wayback Machine Tuttle Publishing, Nov 13, 2012 160 pages ISBN 1462909647, ISBN 9781462909643
  6. ^ a b Stephen Backshall, David Leffman, Lesley Reader, Henry Steadman The Rough Guide to Indonesia Archived 2022-03-04 at the Wayback Machine Publisher: Rough Guides; 2 edition (May 26, 2003) 1136 pages ISBN 1858289912 ISBN 978-1858289915
  7. ^ Badan Informasi Geospasial, Peta Rupa Bumi Indonesia


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