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An excellent museum containing outstanding examples of traditional Asmat woodcarving and artifacts. The museum was developed in the 1980s and 1990s by the local Catholic diocese with the assistance of European art collector Ursula Konrad and American anthropologist Tobias Schneebaum.
The Asmat Museum of Culture and Progress is located in the city of Agats in South Papua, Indonesia. It was conceived by the Catholic Crosier missionary Frank Trenkenschuh in 1969 as a way to preserve traditional Asmat art as well as provide economic outlets to the Asmat people. It was built by the Catholic Crosier Diocese of Agats-Asmat, which also owns the museum, and supported by Crosier Fathers and Brothers Bishop Alphonse Sowada, originally from Elmdale, Minnesota, US.
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The city landmark.