The Met’s Timeline of Art History pairs essays and works of art with chronologies and tells the story of art and global culture through the collection.
encompasses present-day Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, coastal Guinea
Made and used throughout the Pacific, musical instruments play integral roles in contexts ranging from religious rites to secular entertainment.
From the tropical rainforests of Southeast Asia and New Guinea, to the arid Australian
Bullroarer (Upura or Imunu Viki), late 19th–early 20th century Papua New Guinea,
The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy.
masterworks, including spectacular works of sculpture from the Asmat people of New Guinea
The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy.
These include monumental artworks from New Guinea (the second-largest island in the
Now open! Discover The Met’s new Michael C. Rockefeller Wing, featuring the Museum’s collections of the Arts of Africa, the Ancient Americas, and Oceania.
are the striking Asmat sculptures he researched and collected in southwest New Guinea
The Asmat believe that there is a close relationship between humans and trees, and recognize wood as the source of life.
century Ceremonial container Asmat mid-20th century Located in southwestern New Guinea
Now open! Discover The Met’s new Michael C. Rockefeller Wing, featuring the Museum’s collections of the Arts of Africa, the Ancient Americas, and Oceania.
are the striking Asmat sculptures he researched and collected in southwest New Guinea
This exhibition celebrates the foresight underlying the establishment of the Michael C. Rockefeller Wing through some fifty works of art augmented by archival documents.
After graduating from Harvard University in 1960, he traveled to Papua New Guinea
The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy.
extraordinary memorial poles made by the Asmat peoples of Irian Jaya in western New Guinea
